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    <title>tema Re: Engineering Scale to Imperial Scale Question en AutoCAD for Mac Forum</title>
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    <description>The survey is in decimal scale and I have decided to do my work in the same scale. This is site work, after all, and I think it best that we are all on the same page, scale-wise.&lt;BR /&gt;Thank you for your reply. I very much appreciate you taking the time to reply.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Jeff</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>JEFFJW9BB</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2023-03-14T14:07:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Engineering Scale to Imperial Scale Question</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-for-mac-forum/engineering-scale-to-imperial-scale-question/m-p/11807624#M45349</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I received a 1:20 engineering scale .dwg file from a surveyor and I want to print it out on 11x17" paper at 1/8" = 1'-0" scale. &amp;nbsp;In layout I set up a sheet of 11x17 paper and when I go to change the scale it gets smaller; not larger, as I would have expected. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Perhaps a better question is, how can I convert engineering scale drawing to an architectural (Imperial) scale drawing ?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thank you,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Jeff&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 16:33:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>JEFFJW9BB</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-03-08T16:33:25Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Engineering Scale to Imperial Scale Question</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-for-mac-forum/engineering-scale-to-imperial-scale-question/m-p/11808053#M45350</link>
      <description>&lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/10840193"&gt;@JEFFJW9BB&lt;/a&gt; Thank you so much for sharing the DWG file.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Site/Civil Engineers draw with units = feet. And in this file the engineer only uses paperspace for plotting.&lt;BR /&gt;You seem to want to use units = inches.&lt;BR /&gt;There is a 12x difference (1foot=12inches).&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;So if you want 1/8" scale, you multiply that by 12 if you only want to work inside this other person's file (rarely a good idea if your "print" recipient is not a jurisdiction that will find it odd that you submitted a site plan at an unusual 1/8" scale).&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Do this: In your viewport in their file, double-click inside it then set ZOOM command to 12x.&lt;BR /&gt;Yep, it does not all fit on an 11x17 at that scale. But it is 1/8"=1'-0" scale just like you wanted. Is that good enough for your needs?&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;OR... how about another plot scale if you need their full sheet on 11x17? Or plot to their 1:20 scale from modelspace to a PDF, then in your PDF viewer you can scale and print to 11x17 any way you want.&lt;BR /&gt;OR..&lt;BR /&gt;Open one of your own TEMPLATE files that is already set as you like to do all day long with your own files.&lt;BR /&gt;Then just XREF this units=foot file in there, using your own layouts, and find that plot scale and sheet size that will capture all the that content you want.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 19:26:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>pendean</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-03-08T19:26:33Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Engineering Scale to Imperial Scale Question</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-for-mac-forum/engineering-scale-to-imperial-scale-question/m-p/11808490#M45355</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Thank you so very much for your advice and good directions. &amp;nbsp;My comments follow your most recent message in &lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;bold italics&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Site/Civil Engineers draw with units = feet. And in this file the engineer only uses paperspace for plotting.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;You seem to want to use units = inches.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;There is a 12x difference (1foot=12inches).&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;So if you want 1/8" scale, you multiply that by 12 if you only want to work inside this other person's file (rarely a good idea if your "print" recipient is not a jurisdiction that will find it odd that you submitted a site plan at an unusual 1/8" scale).&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;This is not for filing with AHJ's, I simply want his site plan in an architectural scale so that I can x-ref it into my standard office template and use it as a base for my architectural project. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Having the contour lines is the most important part.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Do this: In your viewport in their file, double-click inside it then set ZOOM command to 12x.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Yep, it does not all fit on an 11x17 at that scale. But it is 1/8"=1'-0" scale just like you wanted. Is that good enough for your needs?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Sounds right but I could not get this to work. &amp;nbsp;When I ZOOM by 12 the image gets gigantic. &amp;nbsp;The plan in the upper left quadrant is about 100 feet long (model space) and at 1/8 inch scale it should be 12.5" long (in paper space) and fit nicely in 11 x 17 paper. &amp;nbsp;I don't know what I am doing wrong. Drawing called "PLAN" attached.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;OR... how about another plot scale if you need their full sheet on 11x17? Or plot to their 1:20 scale from modelspace to a PDF, then in your PDF viewer you can scale and print to 11x17 any way you want.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt; Unfortunately Adobe Acrobat does not scale images. &amp;nbsp;I believe blue-whatever does but It is not available for MAC I understand.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;OR..&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Open one of your own TEMPLATE files that is already set as you like to do all day long with your own files.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Then just XREF this units=foot file in there, using your own layouts, and find that plot scale and sheet size that will capture all the that content you want.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;I am getting better with x-refing files in and scaling them up but in this case I just don't see it at all. The reg manager says it's there but I just can't see it, select it to scale it up. &amp;nbsp;I attach the file: &amp;nbsp;"Site Plan". This is my standard template.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Any further comments would be really appreciated.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Jeff&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 22:59:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>JEFFJW9BB</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-03-08T22:59:20Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Engineering Scale to Imperial Scale Question</title>
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      <description>&lt;P&gt;ignore the drawing PLAN. wrong one.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;sorry.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 23:13:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>JEFFJW9BB</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-03-08T23:13:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Engineering Scale to Imperial Scale Question</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-for-mac-forum/engineering-scale-to-imperial-scale-question/m-p/11820544#M45395</link>
      <description>The survey is in decimal scale and I have decided to do my work in the same scale. This is site work, after all, and I think it best that we are all on the same page, scale-wise.&lt;BR /&gt;Thank you for your reply. I very much appreciate you taking the time to reply.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Jeff</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-for-mac-forum/engineering-scale-to-imperial-scale-question/m-p/11820544#M45395</guid>
      <dc:creator>JEFFJW9BB</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-03-14T14:07:44Z</dc:date>
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