How Do I Read An Engineer Scale Ruler?

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For building permits, you usually use an architectural scale, unless you are talking about large land parcels or site development.
An engineer's scale is similar, except it is graduated in 10ths (rather than in feet and inches as in an archt's scale).
If the building department does not require a specific scale, you'll have to decide on one, which depends on the size of the building/plot you want to represent and the size of the drawing you have to submit. On an engineer's scale, 10 means 1 inch on the paper represents 10 feet of the building in real life. Or, you can make it 1 inch equals 1 foot; it's up to you. Similarly for 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 marks on the scale. It's really quite straight forward.
If you don't want to bother, just get some local first year student in architectural school or drafting school to make the drawing for you for a small fee. It'll be good for both of you.

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