How do you draw a scale drawing?

Answer 1

If your scale is a kilometer to a centimeter then for each kilometer of your route, you would represent this as one centimeter on your drawing.

Answer 2

A graphic scale allows whoever is viewing the document or image to get an understanding of how large the image is.

To accomplish this, you want to draw the scale with exponentially increasing increments, so that the viewer can easily compare the scale increments to the image displayed.

For example, if the drawing is at 1/8" = 1' scale, the first increment would be 1 scale foot, then 2 scale feet (1x2), then 4 scale feet (2x2), then 8 scale feet (4x2), and then 16 scale feet (8x2).

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As long as you keep the scale at increments that double at each increase, the scale will remain easy to read and allow for comprehensive comparison between the scale and the image.

Answer 3

The same way you do a linear scale, except instead of labeling each line a multiple (1,2,3,4 or whatever) label them with a power (10^1,10^2,10^3).

Answer 4

you have to make the drawing bigger and multiply or divide the drawing by the same number