The chose of scale is determined by the type of drawing the size of the subject and the size of paper or document that you wish to present it on.
Scales in floor plans.
Creating a floor plan to scale can be as simple as taking accurate measurements with a tape measure then using a pencil and graph paper to scale down your results.
Once you gain an understanding of scales it is easy to understand which scale is most suited to which type of drawing.
Here are a few tips on how to measure and draw a floor plan to scale.
An accurate floor plan drawing is a necessity whether you re planning a home remodel commercial space build out or just need dimensions for arranging furniture placement.
In addition to creating floor plans you can also create stunning 360 views beautiful 3d photos of your design and interactive live 3d floor plans that allow you take a 3d walkthrough of your floor plan.
Scale floor plans aid the design process and can really help you visualize things such as the ideal furniture layout.
This means that the same floor plan could you shown at 1 100 for say a presentation and then parts of it could be shown at 1 10 to show the detail and make up of the wall construction.
As equivalent measurements eg 1 8 1 or 1cm 1m an eighth of an inch represents 1 foot or 1cm represents 1m as a ratio eg 1 96 or 1 100 one to forty eight or one to one hundred.
When your floor plan is complete create high resolution 2d and 3d floor plans that you can print and download to scale in jpg png and pdf.