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    Scale drawings allow architects and engineers to draw buildings and objects smaller than their actual size. This is necessary because drawing full-size plans would be impractical. Scale drawings use a ratio to relate measurements on the drawing to the actual measurements. Common scales might be 1 cm = 50 m or a ratio like 1:5000. To interpret scale drawings, you determine the scale and use it to convert between actual and drawn measurements. Professions like architects, engineers and builders rely on scale drawings to design and plan structures.

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    Scale drawings allow architects and engineers to draw buildings and objects smaller than their actual size. This is necessary because drawing full-size plans would be impractical. Scale drawings use a ratio to relate measurements on the drawing to the actual measurements. Common scales might be 1 cm = 50 m or a ratio like 1:5000. To interpret scale drawings, you determine the scale and use it to convert between actual and drawn measurements. Professions like architects, engineers and builders rely on scale drawings to design and plan structures.

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    Scale drawings allow architects and engineers to draw buildings and objects smaller than their actual size. This is necessary because drawing full-size plans would be impractical. Scale drawings use a ratio to relate measurements on the drawing to the actual measurements. Common scales might be 1 cm = 50 m or a ratio like 1:5000. To interpret scale drawings, you determine the scale and use it to convert between actual and drawn measurements. Professions like architects, engineers and builders rely on scale drawings to design and plan structures.

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    Scale Drawings

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    Scale drawings allow architects and engineers to draw buildings and objects smaller than their actual size. This is necessary because drawing full-size plans would be impractical. Scale drawings use a ratio to relate measurements on the drawing to the actual measurements. Common scales might be 1 cm = 50 m or a ratio like 1:5000. To interpret scale drawings, you determine the scale and use it to convert between actual and drawn measurements. Professions like architects, engineers and builders rely on scale drawings to design and plan structures.

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    The key takeaways are that scale drawings are smaller diagrams used by architects and engineers where all measurements have been divided by a scale factor. This allows them to design structures at a smaller size that can be drawn on paper. Scale drawings are interpreted using the given scale to determine actual real-world measurements.

    Scale drawings are smaller diagrams of objects or structures where all measurements have been reduced by a scale factor. This allows architects and engineers to design large structures at a smaller size that can easily be drawn on paper. Scale drawings are used because it would be impractical to draw full-size plans and designs.

    Architects, builders, engineers and other professionals use scale drawings to design and plan structures. Scale drawings allow all parties to visualize and collaborate on projects at a reduced size. Professionals like architects, engineers and builders then use the scale drawings to construct the actual full-size projects.

    Understanding

    Scale Drawings
    Aim
    • Understand the term scale drawing.
    • Interpret scale drawings into actual measures.
    • Interpret actual measures into scale drawings.
    Scale Drawings
    When designing a house it would be
    ridiculous for an architect to draw a
    full-size plan.

    Instead the architect draws a smaller


    diagram in which all measurements
    have been divided by the same
    number.

    For this reason, we use scale


    drawings.
    Scale Drawings
    A scale drawing is a drawing of an
    object that has to use different
    measures on the drawing.

    For example:
    A wall may have real-life
    measurements of 5m × 8m. However,
    there is no way you could draw these
    actual measurements on paper.

    For this reason, we use scale


    drawings.
    Who Uses Scale Drawings?
    architects
    builders/plumbers/electrician/joiners
    structural engineers
    surveyors
    machinists
    interior designers
    Interpreting Actual Measures into
    Scale Drawings
    To properly use a scale diagram we
    need to know the scale used. Scales are
    commonly given in the following ways:
    Scale → 1 cm represents 50 m.
    This tells us that 1 cm on the scale
    diagram represents 50 m on the real
    thing.
    Scale → 1 : 5000
    This ratio tells us that 1 unit on the
    scale diagram represents 5000 of the
    same units on the real thing.

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    Answers
    Scale Drawings
    So, because 5m × 8m is too big to
    draw on paper, we change these
    measurements into scaled
    measurements.

    Instead of using metres, we


    change it to a smaller measure:

    1 cm : 1 m
    Now, we are able to draw our wall
    (5cm × 8cm) and know that every
    cm we draw, represents one
    metre in real life.
    Interpreting Scale Drawings into
    Actual Measurements

    Look at the building. This


    building has been ‘drawn to
    scale’.

    1 cm : 1 m
    14cm
    What are the actual
    measurements of this building?

    That’s right, 7m wide and


    14m high!
    Show
    Hide
    7cm
    Answers
    Interpreting Scale Drawings into
    Actual Measurements

    Look at the building. This


    building has been ‘drawn to
    scale’.

    1 cm : 3 m
    15cm
    What are the actual
    measurements of this building?

    That’s right, 12m wide and


    45m high!
    Show
    Hide
    4cm
    Answers
    Interpreting Actual Measures into
    Scale Drawings
    Sometimes, we need to convert
    actual measurements into scaled
    40m
    measurements.
    Look at the building.
    This building shows it’s actual
    measurements.

    5 m : 1 cm
    What are the scaled
    measurements of this building? 60m

    That’s right, 12cm wide and


    8cm high! Show
    Hide
    Answers
    On a scale diagram 1 cm represents
    20 m.
    - Write the scale as the ratio
    1 cm to 20 m
    = 1 cm to (20 x 100) cm
    = 1 cm to 2000 cm
    = 1 : 2000
    - Whate is the scale factor
    The ratio simplifies to
    1 : 2000
    so the scale factor is 2000
    An object 12 m long is drawn with
    the scale 1 : 100.
    Find the drawn length of the object.
    12 m = 1200 cm

    drawn length = actual length : 100 (scale factor 100)

    drawn length = (1200 : 100) cm

    drawn length = 12 cm
    For a scale of 1 : 500 000, find the
    actual length represented by a drawn
    length of 15 cm.
    actual length = 15 cm x 500,000
    = 7 500 000 cm
    = (7 500 000 : 100) m
    = 75 000 m
    = (75 000 : 1000) km
    = 75 km
    actual length = 75 km

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