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Help me with the scale please

4 years ago

If the scale is 1:50 as stated, and my extension is 4m.... The extension measures 15 x 5mm on the tracing paper. Meaning that one 5mm square represents 226.6667mm of real space. Have I worked that out correctly? Seems a bit odd to me!

Comments (4)

Victoria
4 years ago
Might not be printed to scale accurately. 5mm on plan is 250mm in real life.
Jonathan
4 years ago
Each square seems to represent 250mm so 4 squares is 1m- so the left hand external measurement of 4m seems right.
I think a couple of the measurements noted on the right hand side seem wrong but this plan should give you a guide to the internal measurement.
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mrs L
Original Author
4 years ago
Ah ha! I only counted the internal squares, and 4m is the external measurement, so actually 16 x 5mm squares = 4m (250mm per square).
HU-723069088
4 years ago
According to your information, 1:50 means 1mm on the drawing, represents 50mm in real life. If the extension is 4mtrs long (4000mm) you divide 4000 by 50 to get the length on the drawing. 4000 / 50 = 80mm. Look at the scale on the drawing, then use a scale ruler, turned to the same scale to give you the "real life" size.

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