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| Posted by Hebrinol at Sep 30, 2011, 1:05:38 PM |
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Changing Scale to 1:50 (1m = 0.5 cm) Hello - wonder if anyone can help me? I am drawing plans for a downstairs house renovation and need to use 1:50 scale - can anyone tell me how to go about changing the scale on the graph layout. Many thanks for the help! |
| Posted by hansmex at Sep 30, 2011, 1:27:11 PM |
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Re: Changing Scale to 1:50 (1m = 0.5 cm) Sue, Your question isn't very clear, but let me try to answer it anyway. 1 - When drawing your plan, you should use real-life measurements. If your basement measures 10x10 meters, draw it as 10x10 meters. Don't scale anything. 2 - When you want to print your design, scaling may become more important, especially if you don't have dimensions in your plan. Use this command: File --> Page setup --> Scale 1/50. A word of warning: Taking measurements from paper is not wise. Architectural plans always have dimensions that clearly indicate the real and correct measurements of walls, doors, etc. I advice you do the same. SH3D has a good dimension tool: use Plan --> Create dimensions or use the corresponding button on the toolbar. I suggest your use the in-built Help (use F1) to learn more on printing. Hans ---------------------------------------- Hans new website - under constuction hansdirkse.info |
| Posted by macfrog at Oct 2, 2011, 1:59:34 AM |
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Re: Changing Scale to 1:50 (1m = 0.5 cm) Hello hebrinol, Thanks for your question. Unfortunately, your question is not really clear because Scale to 1:50 (1m = 0.5 cm) is just wrong. 1:50 means 1m = 50m (on plan/real) or 1cm on plan means 50cm in real. that's the wonder of the metric system :-) 1:100 at all time! So, by using 1:50 you draw 2 "units" on plan to represent 100 in real. macfrog |
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