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Engineering Drawing Scales Printed Size

Engineering Drawing Scales Printed Size

Engineering Drawing Scales Printed Size

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Reference for how large something will print at various scales. As well as the associated scale values that many programs use for scale factors.

Engineering scales are typically used for larger scale items, therefore, the scale is equalized to the middle of the table, with values above and below.

List of all scales (ordered by size)

#FRACTIONUNITVALUEVALUESCALERATIO
11212″121′-0″12″ = 1′-0″1:1
266″121′-0″6″ = 1′-0″1:2
333″121′-0″3″ = 1′-0″1:4
41.51 1/2″121′-0″1 1/2″ = 1′-0″1:8
511″121′-0″1″ = 1′-0″1:12
60.753/4″121′-0″3/4″ = 1′-0″1:16
70.51/2″121′-0″1/2″ = 1′-0″1:24
80.3753/8″121′-0″3/8″ = 1′-0″1:32
90.251/4″121′-0″1/4″ = 1′-0″1:48
100.18753/16″121′-0″3/16″ = 1′-0″1:64
110.1251/8″121′-0″1/8″ = 1′-0″1:96
1211″12010′-0″1″ = 10′-0″1:120
130.093753/32″121′-0″3/32″ = 1′-0″1:128
140.06251/16″121′-0″1/16″ = 1′-0″1:192
1511″24020′-0″1″ = 20′-0″1:240
160.0468753/64″121′-0″3/64″ = 1′-0″1:256
1711″36030″-0″1″ = 30′-0″1:360
180.031251/32″121′-0″1/32″ = 1′-0″1:384
1911″48040′-0″1″ = 40′-0″1:480
2011″60050′-0″1″ = 50′-0″1:600
2111″72060′-0″1″ = 60′-0″1:720
220.0156251/64″121′-0″1/64″ = 1′-0″1:768
2311″96080′-0″1″ = 80′-0″1:960
2411″1200100′-0″1″ = 100′-0″1:1200

Engineering Scales Printed Size

1”=10’-0”

PRINTED SIZEREAL LIFE SIZE
16.0000inch160feet
8.0000inch80feet
4.0000inch40feet
2.0000inch20feet
1.0000inch10feet
0.5000inch5feet
0.2500inch2.5feet
0.1250inch1.25feet
0.0625inch0.625feet

1”=20’-0”

PRINTED SIZEREAL LIFE SIZE
16.0000inch320feet
8.0000inch160feet
4.0000inch80feet
2.0000inch40feet
1.0000inch20feet
0.5000inch10feet
0.2500inch5feet
0.1250inch2.5feet
0.0625inch1.25feet

1”=30’-0”

PRINTED SIZEREAL LIFE SIZE
16.0000inch480feet
8.0000inch240feet
4.0000inch120feet
2.0000inch60feet
1.0000inch30feet
0.5000inch15feet
0.2500inch7.5feet
0.1250inch3.75feet
0.0625inch1.875feet

1”=40’-0”

PRINTED SIZEREAL LIFE SIZE
16.0000inch640feet
8.0000inch320feet
4.0000inch160feet
2.0000inch80feet
1.0000inch40feet
0.5000inch20feet
0.2500inch10feet
0.1250inch5feet
0.0625inch2.5feet

1”=50’-0”

PRINTED SIZEREAL LIFE SIZE
16.0000inch800feet
8.0000inch400feet
4.0000inch200feet
2.0000inch100feet
1.0000inch50feet
0.5000inch25feet
0.2500inch12.5feet
0.1250inch6.25feet
0.0625inch3.125feet

1”=100’-0”

PRINTED SIZEREAL LIFE SIZE
16.0000inch1600feet
8.0000inch800feet
4.0000inch400feet
2.0000inch200feet
1.0000inch100feet
0.5000inch50feet
0.2500inch25feet
0.1250inch12.5feet
0.0625inch6.25feet

1”=500’-0”

PRINTED SIZEREAL LIFE SIZE
16.0000inch8000feet
8.0000inch4000feet
4.0000inch2000feet
2.0000inch1000feet
1.0000inch500feet
0.5000inch250feet
0.2500inch125feet
0.1250inch62.5feet
0.0625inch31.25feet

1”=1000’-0”

PRINTED SIZEREAL LIFE SIZE
16.0000inch16000feet
8.0000inch8000feet
4.0000inch4000feet
2.0000inch2000feet
1.0000inch1000feet
0.5000inch500feet
0.2500inch250feet
0.1250inch125feet
0.0625inch62.5feet

1”=2500’-0”

PRINTED SIZEREAL LIFE SIZE
16.0000inch40000feet
8.0000inch20000feet
4.0000inch10000feet
2.0000inch5000feet
1.0000inch2500feet
0.5000inch1250feet
0.2500inch625feet
0.1250inch312.5feet
0.0625inch156.25feet

1”=5280’-0”

PRINTED SIZEREAL LIFE SIZE
16.0000inch84480feet
8.0000inch42240feet
4.0000inch21120feet
2.0000inch10560feet
1.0000inch5280feet
0.5000inch2640feet
0.2500inch1320feet
0.1250inch660feet
0.0625inch330feet

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