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| Posted by gbtyteam at Jan 28, 2013, 7:50:42 PM |
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Print scale ambiguity Wanting to print my design at the mandatory-for-permitting scale of 1/4" =1' 'Best fit scale' does not do that and the 'Scale: 1/XXX' is ambiguous at best. 1 what? |
| Posted by Puybaret at Jan 28, 2013, 8:19:44 PM |
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Re: Print scale ambiguity Actually, scale is much simpler than you think: 1/x tells how much 1 unit on the paper is in the real world. 1/100 means 1 cm on paper = 100 cm in the real world = 1 m 1/20 means 1 cm on paper = 20 cm in the real world = 0.2 m but you could also say 1 inch on paper = 20 inch in the real world I guess in your case, you want 1/4 inch on paper = 1 foot in real world, right? Just need to resolve the equation: 1/4 inch = 12 inch 1 inch = 48 inch so the scale you're looking for is probably 1/48 ---------------------------------------- Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator |
| Posted by gbtyteam at Jan 28, 2013, 8:36:26 PM |
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Re: Print scale ambiguity That's about where I was at as 1/50 was quite close. Thanks for the tip. |
| Posted by DCHA at Mar 6, 2014, 5:36:58 AM |
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Re: Print scale ambiguity Thank you for your kind answer Emmanuel. :) |
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