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How Do I Read An Engineer Scale Ruler?
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.
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.
1''=30'
The first step of reading a ruler is to understand the symbols on it and the units of
measurement. On a ruler with the American system of measurement (where inches and feet are a part of the standard unit of measurement) each equally-spaced number on the ruler
represents an inch, and twelve inches represents a foot. Most rulers have tiny lines between numbers, and there will often be a slightly larger line in the middle of the other lines between numbers. This line is made slightly larger as a way of identifying it as half of an inch. The other smaller lines represent smaller fractions of an inch, such as one-sixteenth of an inch if there are sixteen lines total between two numbers or even one-eighth of an inch if there
are only eight lines between two numbers.
Many custom rulers include both the American standard system on one side of the ruler and the Metric system measurement markings on the other edge. Therefore, it’s important to determine which type of measurement you prefer before placing it next to whatever is being measured.
measurement. On a ruler with the American system of measurement (where inches and feet are a part of the standard unit of measurement) each equally-spaced number on the ruler
represents an inch, and twelve inches represents a foot. Most rulers have tiny lines between numbers, and there will often be a slightly larger line in the middle of the other lines between numbers. This line is made slightly larger as a way of identifying it as half of an inch. The other smaller lines represent smaller fractions of an inch, such as one-sixteenth of an inch if there are sixteen lines total between two numbers or even one-eighth of an inch if there
are only eight lines between two numbers.
Many custom rulers include both the American standard system on one side of the ruler and the Metric system measurement markings on the other edge. Therefore, it’s important to determine which type of measurement you prefer before placing it next to whatever is being measured.
