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Architectural scales on Viewports

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Anonymous
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‎02-11-2003 01:54 AM
‎02-11-2003 01:54 AM

Architectural scales on Viewports

Does anyone knows how to scale a viewport at architeturla scale??

I usually zoom in to my viewport 1/40xp and I have my 1"=40'

but how about doing 3/4"=1'

Any help will be appreciated

Thanks

Francisco
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Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous
‎02-11-2003 01:55 AM
‎02-11-2003 01:55 AM

Scale factor for 3/4" is 16, so 1/16xp

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"Francisco J. Bobadilla" wrote in message
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> Does anyone knows how to scale a viewport at architeturla
scale??
>
> I usually zoom in to my viewport 1/40xp and I have my 1"=40'
>
> but how about doing 3/4"=1'
>
> Any help will be appreciated
>
> Thanks
>
> Francisco
>
>
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Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous
‎02-11-2003 01:57 AM
‎02-11-2003 01:57 AM

The easiest way is to use the drop down in the viewports toolbar. It has
choices like 3/4" = 1'-0" and all the standard scales.

"Francisco J. Bobadilla" wrote in message
news:E33BF3F9E68E6C535741633549E51350@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Does anyone knows how to scale a viewport at architeturla scale??
>
> I usually zoom in to my viewport 1/40xp and I have my 1"=40'
>
> but how about doing 3/4"=1'
>
> Any help will be appreciated
>
> Thanks
>
> Francisco
>
>
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Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous
‎02-11-2003 03:21 AM
‎02-11-2003 03:21 AM

actually, 1/40xp gives you a scale of 1'=40' (1"=40' would be 1/480xp.)
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Anonymous
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‎02-11-2003 03:47 AM
‎02-11-2003 03:47 AM

sorry, that should be 1"=40" for architectural (or, more accurately, 1 unit = 40 units.)
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Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous
‎02-11-2003 07:01 AM
‎02-11-2003 07:01 AM

To figure a scale factor, it's the right side (1'-0" or 12") divided by the
left side.
12" div. by 1/4" = 48 for 1/4"=1'-0" etc.




"Francisco J. Bobadilla" wrote in message
news:E33BF3F9E68E6C535741633549E51350@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Does anyone knows how to scale a viewport at architeturla scale??
>
> I usually zoom in to my viewport 1/40xp and I have my 1"=40'
>
> but how about doing 3/4"=1'
>
> Any help will be appreciated
>
> Thanks
>
> Francisco
>
>
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Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous
‎12-13-2003 04:09 PM
‎12-13-2003 04:09 PM

Bravo!
Someone pointed out the 1' should be converted to inches before calculating!

In our menu, we set the scale before Anything is done--- a drop down offers
the selections.

In the table below, scale of x" = 1' has a scale factor = y

X Y X Y
1/2 24 3/8 32
1/4 48 3/16 64
1/8 96 3/32 128
1/16 192 1/32 384

to scale a viewport accordingly, do command: Zoom 1/Yxp

These factors are used (automatically in our case) to set up ltscale, text
and dimension proportions.




"Jeff Porter" wrote in message
news:9F455819D9E22DC67BC851FF68439718@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> To figure a scale factor, it's the right side (1'-0" or 12") divided by
the
> left side.
> 12" div. by 1/4" = 48 for 1/4"=1'-0" etc.
>
>
>
>
> "Francisco J. Bobadilla" wrote in message
> news:E33BF3F9E68E6C535741633549E51350@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Does anyone knows how to scale a viewport at architeturla scale??
> >
> > I usually zoom in to my viewport 1/40xp and I have my 1"=40'
> >
> > but how about doing 3/4"=1'
> >
> > Any help will be appreciated
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Francisco
> >
> >
>
>
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Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous
‎12-13-2003 04:09 PM
‎12-13-2003 04:09 PM

Just change to metric, much easier 🙂

Had to work in imperial in a tutorial, don't know how you "inch'ies" cope
with all those fractional lengths etc, yuk!

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"Peter Friedrich" wrote in message
news:63ABF0D21E6140B222B19292B054EFA7@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Bravo!
> Someone pointed out the 1' should be converted to inches before
calculating!
>
> In our menu, we set the scale before Anything is done--- a drop down
offers
> the selections.
>
> In the table below, scale of x" = 1' has a scale factor = y
>
> X Y X Y
> 1/2 24 3/8 32
> 1/4 48 3/16 64
> 1/8 96 3/32 128
> 1/16 192 1/32 384
>
> to scale a viewport accordingly, do command: Zoom 1/Yxp
>
> These factors are used (automatically in our case) to set up ltscale, text
> and dimension proportions.
>
>
>
>
> "Jeff Porter" wrote in message
> news:9F455819D9E22DC67BC851FF68439718@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > To figure a scale factor, it's the right side (1'-0" or 12") divided by
> the
> > left side.
> > 12" div. by 1/4" = 48 for 1/4"=1'-0" etc.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Francisco J. Bobadilla" wrote in message
> > news:E33BF3F9E68E6C535741633549E51350@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > Does anyone knows how to scale a viewport at architeturla scale??
> > >
> > > I usually zoom in to my viewport 1/40xp and I have my 1"=40'
> > >
> > > but how about doing 3/4"=1'
> > >
> > > Any help will be appreciated
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Francisco
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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