I find most people follow the same scale factors as what CADaver has shown.
So standards scale and viewport scaling would be as followed;
Scale: Scale in dwg Viewport Text size
1=50______1=600units__1/600xp_____600
1/8=1-0___96__________1/96xp______96
3/16=1-0__64__________1/64xp______64
Ό=1-0____48__________1/48xp______48
3/8=1-0___32__________1/32xp______32
Mathmatically you get
Scale of X/Y=10 become Y*12/X or multiply the denominator by 12 and divide it by the numerator.
Example
1=50 is 1/50 therefore 50*12/1 = 600units
3/8=1-0 is 8*12/3 = 32units
I did find a neat little trick for scaling imperial drawings, but I found only I am new about it and practiced it.
My trick was to draw the titleblock at 1=1-0 there by eliminating the factor of 12 (twelve.)
Example using above;
Scale: Scale in dwg Viewport Text size
1=50_______50__________1/50xp______50
1/8=1-0____8___________1/8xp_______8
3/16=1-0___5.3 or 16/3___3/16xp______5.3 or 16/3
Ό=1-0_____4___________1/4xp_______4
3/8=1-_____2.67 or 8/3___3/8xp_______2.67 or 8/3
The mathematical equation for my trick is as follows
Scale X/Y is Y/X = Units or divide the denominator by the numerator.
Examples:
1=50 become 50/1 = 50units
3/8=1-0 becomes 8/3 or 2.666667
The downfalls to my trick is that you have to plot your drawing at 1=1-0 and most people dont understand how easy scaling can be this way. L
The downfalls to my trick is that you have to plot your drawing at 1=1-0 and most people dont understand how easy scaling can be this way.
Thats is if I explained my little trick clear enough
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