Set a scale of the drawing

[karenpap]

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

[Gaieus]

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/

[karenpap]

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

[Dave R]

@dukejazz said:

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

[dukejazz]

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