scale I need help please

Cesar R · September 17th, 2004

I need to reproduce a floor plan for an assigment at school, and the scale reads 1:200 what does that mean? used to imperial is that metric? and is there some sort of conversion so I can scale it and redraw it?

thanks,

STRAT · September 17th, 2004

it means 1 drawn unit equalls 200 real time units.

Brolloks · September 17th, 2004

It's usually metric yes. As STRAT said. It doesn't have to designate metric or imperial.

The conversion would depend on what scale you need it to translate to. Best solution would be to see if there are any dimensions on the plan and work from that. My guess would be that dimensions on the plan would be either in millimeter or meter. In some cases I've seen drawings in centimeter, but it's rare.

Jim Mann · September 17th, 2004

1mm on the drawing equals 200mm in the real.

E.G. a room that appears on the drawing as 15mm wide will be 3000mm wide in real life i.e. 15x200=3000 (or 3m if you like and even 300cm if you are working in Germany)

Jim

RJL · September 17th, 2004

Cesar, I'm assuming since you're in the US that it refers to 1"=200' - that's called an engineering scale, for whatever reason. It's typically used for large scale drawings - site plans, etc.

Jim Mann · September 17th, 2004

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Originally Posted by RJL

in the US that it refers to 1"=200'

Wouldn't that be 1:2400?

If it is, that would be more like a map than a plan.

STRAT · September 17th, 2004

hehe, i cant believe those funny americans still use feet'n'inches . lol.

IC · September 17th, 2004

I don't know if it's just them.
Every time we produce a sales brochure, I have to provide the room dimensions in metric and imperial because your average 30+year old purchaser can't think in metric!

STRAT · September 17th, 2004

damned oldies

Jim Mann · September 17th, 2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by STRAT

those funny americans still use feet'n'inches

But I guess that they are at least consistent. We still have all our road signs in miles but for over thirty years, schools have been teaching us about kilometres. Then we buy spirits in metric but "beer" in pints!?!?

More troubling for me is 1:200 equating to a scale factor of 2400.

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Cesar R Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Age: 26 Posts: 876 Name: Cesar Rullier	scale I need help please I need to reproduce a floor plan for an assigment at school, and the scale reads 1:200 what does that mean? used to imperial is that metric? and is there some sort of conversion so I can scale it and redraw it? thanks,

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STRAT Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK. Age: 36 Posts: 6,488 Name: Stephen Leworthy	Re: scale I need help please it means 1 drawn unit equalls 200 real time units.

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Brolloks Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: South Africa Age: 36 Posts: 76 Name: Isaac van den Berg	Re: scale I need help please It's usually metric yes. As STRAT said. It doesn't have to designate metric or imperial. The conversion would depend on what scale you need it to translate to. Best solution would be to see if there are any dimensions on the plan and work from that. My guess would be that dimensions on the plan would be either in millimeter or meter. In some cases I've seen drawings in centimeter, but it's rare. Last edited by Brolloks; September 17th, 2004 at 01:20 AM.

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Jim Mann Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Nottingham, UK Posts: 324 Name: Jim Mann	Re: scale I need help please 1mm on the drawing equals 200mm in the real. E.G. a room that appears on the drawing as 15mm wide will be 3000mm wide in real life i.e. 15x200=3000 (or 3m if you like and even 300cm if you are working in Germany) Jim

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RJL Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 24 Name: Rod Lopez	Re: scale I need help please Cesar, I'm assuming since you're in the US that it refers to 1"=200' - that's called an engineering scale, for whatever reason. It's typically used for large scale drawings - site plans, etc. __________________ Rodrigo J Lopez Principal / Creative Director Neoscape, Inc. Boston \| New York

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STRAT Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK. Age: 36 Posts: 6,488 Name: Stephen Leworthy	Re: scale I need help please hehe, i cant believe those funny americans still use feet'n'inches . lol.

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IC Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Age: 36 Posts: 2,259 Name: Iain Collins	Re: scale I need help please I don't know if it's just them. Every time we produce a sales brochure, I have to provide the room dimensions in metric and imperial because your average 30+year old purchaser can't think in metric!

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STRAT Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK. Age: 36 Posts: 6,488 Name: Stephen Leworthy	Re: scale I need help please damned oldies

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