Cesar R Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 I need to reproduce a floor plan for an assigment at school, and the scale reads 1:200 what does that mean? used to imperial is that metric? and is there some sort of conversion so I can scale it and redraw it? thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 it means 1 drawn unit equalls 200 real time units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brolloks Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 It's usually metric yes. As STRAT said. It doesn't have to designate metric or imperial. The conversion would depend on what scale you need it to translate to. Best solution would be to see if there are any dimensions on the plan and work from that. My guess would be that dimensions on the plan would be either in millimeter or meter. In some cases I've seen drawings in centimeter, but it's rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Mann Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 1mm on the drawing equals 200mm in the real. E.G. a room that appears on the drawing as 15mm wide will be 3000mm wide in real life i.e. 15x200=3000 (or 3m if you like and even 300cm if you are working in Germany) Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJL Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Cesar, I'm assuming since you're in the US that it refers to 1"=200' - that's called an engineering scale, for whatever reason. It's typically used for large scale drawings - site plans, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Mann Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 in the US that it refers to 1"=200' Wouldn't that be 1:2400? If it is, that would be more like a map than a plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 hehe, i cant believe those funny americans still use feet'n'inches . lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 I don't know if it's just them. Every time we produce a sales brochure, I have to provide the room dimensions in metric and imperial because your average 30+year old purchaser can't think in metric! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 damned oldies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Mann Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 those funny americans still use feet'n'inches But I guess that they are at least consistent. We still have all our road signs in miles but for over thirty years, schools have been teaching us about kilometres. Then we buy spirits in metric but "beer" in pints!?!? More troubling for me is 1:200 equating to a scale factor of 2400. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trhoads Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 That would, in this country, mean 1" = 200'. It is called engineering scale, because it is generally a scale used by civil engineers, due to the large size of the projects. It could be 1" = 2400", but that requires too much conversion. No one wants to think in inches, if you are drawing a site that is 300’ wide. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesar R Posted September 17, 2004 Author Share Posted September 17, 2004 well the book is actually Japanese. It is a Tadao Ando book. I am trying to draw the manabe residence, I wish someone would have an american scaled plan to share with me. thanks for your help though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgarcia Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 if it's ando (japanese architect) most likely it's 1:200 metric - meaing 1cm = 200cm. Can you just scan the drawing and trace over - save you lots of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobseasier Posted September 18, 2004 Share Posted September 18, 2004 in Canada we use metric primarily, SO scale 1:200 is 1mm = 200mm UNLESS stated on the drawing that the units are metres. most countries (japan included) are metric. if we're talking a house (we are) it's absurd to suggest that the scale would be 1"-200' think about it guys even 1"-200" is silly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trhoads Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 Now that we know that it is a house, yes, 1"-200' would be absurd. Now you just have to figure out which metric scale it is, mm or cm. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Mann Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 Now you just have to figure out which metric scale it is, mm or cm. 1:200 is always going to be 1:200. i.e. 1mm=200mm or 1cm=200cm. We don't do 1mm=200cm as that would be 1:2000. Even if the "units" are in metres it would still be 1:200. You just choose how you measure. If in doubt, get a scale ruler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobseasier Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 I need to reproduce a floor plan for an assigment at school, and the scale reads 1:200 what does that mean? used to imperial is that metric? and is there some sort of conversion so I can scale it and redraw it? thanks, ok Cesar, You have a plan drawn in 1:200 (metric) you're probably going to want to reproduce this at a 1/16"-1' imperial scale (16*12=192 approx 200) so it'll be on a similar sized drawing sheet. (1" = 25.4mm , 1' = 304.8mm, 1m = 1000mm you get the idea...) the drawing scale will most likely represent millimetres not metres (ie the dimensions will be 600 not .6 etc..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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