Scale Floor Plan Autocad

In this autocad video tutorial series i have explained steps of making a simple 2 bedroom floor plan in autocad right from scratch.

Scale floor plan autocad.

The drawings are then plotted or printed at a plot scale that accurately resizes the model objects to fit on paper at a given scale such as 1 8 1. In other words a 12 foot wall is drawn at that size. After inserting an image or importing a pdf file you need to scale it so that the dimensions or objects show a 1 1 scale within the drawing. In some drawings data in model space hasn t been drawn at a 1 1 scale.

Once you gain an understanding of scales it is easy to understand which scale is most suited to which type of drawing. For example it is common practice to produce floor plans at a scale of 1 100 dependent on size of project and paper. After inserting an image or importing a pdf file often time the objects and dimensions will not show their true length being that the image is not at a 1 1 scale with the actual drawing units. Among the reasons are user errors.

Now select the window drawing and press. You can either use a scale ruler to hand draw your plans or software such as revit autocad archicad. Autocad import raster image scale for tracing autocad 2012 duration. To explain scale command i will use this simple window block which has the size of 10 unit along the x axis and 15 units along y axis.

Using scale command you can change the size of an object in autocad.