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  • K Offline
    karenpap
    last edited by 29 May 2012, 09:51

    Dear all,

    I am new to SketchUp so I am sorry if I sound like I dont have any idea of what I am talking about, because I dont hehehhee
    I need to draw an floorplan using a Scale of drawing of 1/4"=1" however when I draw a rectangle for exampe something like
    911 3/8", 54 7/16" shows at the Dimensions box.And every time I draw a rectangle in diferent sizes shows me diferents scales.
    How can I set a 1/4"=1" scale before I start drawing to make sure I am using the rigth requirements for my floorplan??
    Thank you so much!!!
    Have a nice day ๐Ÿ˜„

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      Gaieus
      last edited by 29 May 2012, 11:10

      Hi Karen,

      You do not draw in other than scale 1:1 but after you modelled everything, you use the print to scale function to get an output that is a scale drawing. So go on with modelling at 1:1 now and at the end follow these instructions to print (or export to PDF if you like) your model to any arbitrary scale you wish.
      http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=114462
      A handy virtual printer that creates PDF files just as if you were printing them:
      http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

      Gai...

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        karenpap
        last edited by 30 May 2012, 10:30

        Dear Gaieus,
        Thank you for your help!
        Have a nice day!

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          Dave R
          last edited by 4 Jun 2012, 20:18

          @dukejazz said:

          Hi I just finish writing a scale program that scale factor space for you. ๐Ÿ˜„
          scaleGroupFloat_dj Ver 1.2
          Copyright 2012, June 4
          DukeJazz: by James Cochran
          http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=45254

          ๐Ÿ˜’

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            dukejazz
            last edited by 5 Jun 2012, 04:43

            Hi I just finish writing a scale program that scale factor space for you.
            scaleGroupFloat_dj Ver 1.2
            Copyright 2012, June 4
            DukeJazz: by James Cochran
            http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=45254

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