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    • K Offline
      karenpap
      last edited by

      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 πŸ˜„

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      • GaieusG Offline
        Gaieus
        last edited by

        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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        • K Offline
          karenpap
          last edited by

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

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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
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            @dukejazz said:

            Hi I just finish writing a scale program that scale factor space for you. πŸ˜„
            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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            • dukejazzD Offline
              dukejazz
              last edited by

              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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