Scale Factors

 

IMPERIAL
DRAWING TEXT HEIGHT Hatch Paper Space plotting
SCALE Small Med Large Scale Vport scale factor
FULL SCALE
1’=1′-0″ 1/8″ 3/16″ 1/4″ 0.5 1/1xp 1=1″
6″=1′ 0″ 1/4″ 3/8″ 1/2″ 1 1/2xp 1=2″
3″=1′-0″ 1/2″ 3/4″ 1″ 2 1/4xp 1=4″
1 1/2″=1’0″ 1″ 1.5″ 2″ 4 1/8xp 1=8″
1″=1’0″ 1.5″ 2.25″ 3″ 6 1/12xp 1=12″
3/4″=1’0″ 2″ 3″ 4″ 8 1/16xp 1=16″
1/2″=1’0″ 3″ 4.25″ 6″ 12  1/24xp 1=2′
3/8″=1′-0″ 4″ 6″ 8″ 16  1/32xp 1=32″
1/4″=1’0″ 6″ 9″ 12″ 24  1/48xp 1=4′
3/16″=1′-0″ 8″ 12″ 16″ 32 1/64xp 1=64″
1/8″=1’0″ 12″ 18″ 24″ 48  1/96xp 1=8′
3/32″=1′-0″ 16″ 24″ 32″ 64 1/128xp 1=128″
1/16″=1’0″ 24″ 36″ 48″ 96 1/192xp 1=16′
1/32″=1’0″ 48″ 72″ 96″ 192 1/384xp 1=32′
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METRIC
DRAWING TEXT HEIGHT Hatch Paper Space plotting
SCALE Small Med Large Scale Vport scale factor
FULL SCALE
1:1 3 5 7 12.7 1/1xp 1=1
1:2 6 10 14 25.4 1/2xp 1=2
1:5 15 25 35 63.5 1/5xp 1=5
1:10 30 50 70 127 1/10xp 1=10
1:20 60 100 140 254 1/20xp 1=20
1:50 150 250 350 635 1/50xp 1=50
1:100 300 500 700 1270 1/100xp 1=100
1:200 600 1000 1400 2540 1/200xp 1=200
1:300 900 1500 2100 3810 1/300xp 1=300
1:400 1200 2000 2800 5080 1/400xp 1=400
1:500 1500 2500 3500 6350 1/500xp 1=500
1:1000 3000 5000 7000 12700 1/1000xp 1=1000
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ENGINEERING
DRAWING TEXT HEIGHT Hatch Paper Space plotting
SCALE Small Med Large Scale Vport scale factor
FULL SCALE
FULL SCALE 1/8″ 3/16″ 1/4″ 0.5 1/1xp 1=1″
10’=1″ 1’3″ 1’10” 2’6″ 60 1/120xp 1=10′
20’=1″ 2’6″ 3’8″ 5’0″ 120 1/240xp 1=20′
30’=1″ 3’9″ 5’6″ 7’6″ 180 1/360xp 1=30′
40’=1″ 5’0″ 6’4″ 10’0″ 240 1/480xp 1=40′
50’=1″ 6’3″ 8’2″ 12’6″ 300 1/600xp 1=50′
60’=1″ 7’6″ 10’0″ 15’0″ 360 1/720xp 1=60′
100’=1″ 12’6″ 17’4″ 25’0″ 600 1/1200xp 1=100′
200’=1″ 25’0″ 34’8″ 50’0″ 1200 1/2400xp 1=200′
300’=1″ 37’6″ 52’0″ 75’0″ 1800 1/3600xp 1=300′
400’=1″ 50’0″ 69’4″ 100’0″ 2400 1/4800xp 1=400′
500’=1″ 62’6″ 86’8″ 125’0″ 3000 1/6000xp 1=500′
600’=1″ 75’0″ 104’0″ 150’0″ 3600 1/7200xp 1=600′
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