Creating a floor plan to scale can be as simple as taking accurate measurements with a tape measure then using a pencil and graph paper to scale down your results.
Simple floor plan scale 1 100.
Measuring within the nearest 1 4 or even 1 2 foot of outside walls is probably sufficient.
Scale floor plans aid the design process and can really help you visualize things such as the ideal furniture layout.
What is the actual area of the room.
First we can convert the unit from meter to centimeter.
If you re a real estate agent or appraiser and your floor plan drawing is simply to measure the approximate size of the building and show the general interior layout you don t need to be overly accurate.
What does a 1 20 scale mean.
A room of 5 2 meters by 4 8 meters what is the scale size for the building plan at scale 1 100.
This consequently is 50 larger than a 1 100 scale.
Smaller scales such as 1 5 or 1 40 may be used for detailed component drawings or floor planning.
On a floor plan drawn at a scale 1 100 the area of a rectangular room is 30cm 2.
5 2 m 5 2 100 520 cm 4 8 m 4 8 100 480 cm then convert by scaling 520 cm 1 100 5 2 cm 480 cm 1 100 4 8 cm so we have to draw a room of 5 2 x 4 8 cm.
Scale1 50 1cm on your plan denotes 50 cm in reality.
Determine the level of accuracy required.
Scale 1 100 1cm on your plan denotes 1 meter in reality.
Most commonly used scales are.
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Larger scales such as 1 1000 are used for block or city planning and scales like 1 10000 and 1 100000 are used for ordinance survey maps.
The same goes for a 1 20 scale which when used represents a subject at a size 20 times smaller than its real word dimensions.
The image above shows an example of a drawing set with different scales to demonstrate different aspects of the design.
Plans drawn to a scale allow us to take measurements on the plans and convert them so we then know what sizes things will be in real terms.
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