Scales In Floor Plans

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.

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. Scale floor plans aid the design process and can really help you visualize things such as the ideal furniture layout. Here are a few tips on how to measure and draw a floor plan to scale. The scale for floor plans can be shown in two different ways.

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. For example it is common practice to produce floor plans at a scale of 1 100 dependent on size of project and paper. 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. 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.

Once you gain an understanding of scales it is easy to understand which scale is most suited to which type of drawing.