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It means that if you enlarged the map enough, it would fit consistently over the land mapped. Maps not drawn to scale are used to show relationships between places without consistent measurements; this is common when the main thing being communicated is a route with landmarks and turns (in which case a 1-mile road can be drawn the same as a 2-mile road, as long as it's clear where the next landmark is), or a series of locations on a route network (for example a tourist map of a town may distort scale to fit outlying points of interest and show the roads used to reach them.

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What does an underlined dimension mean on a drawing?

An underline on a dimension means that it is not to scale.


What is meant by scale drawing?

This means drawing something exact. For example, if in a test it was to say 'NOT drawn to scale' it would mean it isn't drawn correctly and wasn't reliable.


What is the scale and why scale must be considered when the draughtman drawing the plan?

Scale is how much smaller(or bigger) the drawing is compared to the real object. It'd be real awkward if you were drawing a house to have to make the drawing as big as the house would be. But for the drawing to work out you need to know how to translate between the drawing and reality - so you decide something. Scale 1:12 for instance would mean that something that's one inch in the drawing would be one foot in reality.


How do you calculate the scale drawing?

The answer depends on what aspect of the scale drawing you wish to calculate.


What does a scale show on a scale drawing?

It shows the constant of proportionality between the scale drawing and the real-life object.


What does 1 centimeter on the scale drawing represent in real life?

it depends of the scale of the drawing


How do you find scale factor?

# is the ratio of the demensions in the drawing to the corresponding actual dimensions. The scale factor for a scale drawing is the ratio of the dimensions in the drawing to the corresponding acual bimensions.


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What does scale in draffting mean?

Scale provides the ability to measure a depicted feature or arrangement of features on the drawing, and scale it to what it was / will be in the real world. It is not always possible to dimension every possible feature, and a scaled drawing allows someone to infer what a given dimension will be.


How do you work out the scale of a drawing?

Not all drawings are done to scale, sketches of buildings and people for instance. However if it is a technical drawing the draughtsman/woman will state on the drawing the scale used.


What is an enlarged or reduced drawing of an object?

a scale drawing.