If you’re looking at a floor plan with no scale or dimensions marked here’s a trick. What if there's no scale for the floor plan?
If there's no title block, another way to find the scale for floor plans is to look for a scale bar. No scale in the title block? Look for a scale bar For example, using the scale 1:100, saying 1mm represents 100mm is the same as saying 1cm represents 100cm.
1cm to 2m which means 1cm on the paper represents 200cm (or 2m) in real size (1:200).Īrchitects tend to work in millimeters, but this doesn't change the meaning of the scales above. 1cm to 1m which means 1cm on the paper represents 1oocm (or 1m) in real size (1:100). 2cm to 1m which means 2cm on the paper represents 100cm (or 1m) in real size (1:50). Common scales for metric floor plans (mm, cm, m) 1/16 inch to a foot which means 1 inch on the paper represents 192 inches in real size (1:192). 1/8 inch to a foot which means 1 inch on the paper represents 96 inches in real size (1:96). 1/4 inch to a foot which means 1 inch on the paper represents 48 inches in real size (1:48). As a ratio eg 1:96 or 1:100, "one to forty eight" or "one to one hundred"Ĭommon scales for imperial floor plans (feet and inches). As equivalent measurements, eg 1/8" = 1' or 1cm = 1m, "an eighth of an inch represents 1 foot" or "1cm represents 1m". The scale for floor plans can be shown in two different ways: It should tell you what the scale is for a particular paper size. If your floor plan has a title block, the scale should be indicated there. Look to see what units the dimensions on the floor plan are marked in. Canada is a bit of a mix but usually metric.īefore you go any further, figure out what system, imperial or metric, your drawings are using. If you're in the UK, Ireland or Australia, it's probably the metric system. If you're in the US you're likely to be working in the imperial system. 
This usually depends on the region of your home. The first thing to figure out is if the scale on your floor plan relates to feet and inches (the imperial system) or relates to millimeters, centimeters and meters (the metric system). What units of measure is my floor plan using? Figure out the real size of something on your floor planīefore we get started on scale for floor plans, we need first to talk about units.Printing your floor plan to the correct scale.What units of measure is my floor plan using?.
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