Architectural Scale Ruler – A Beginners Guide

1. Blog: Custompromotionalrulers.com ARCHITECTURAL SCALE RULER – A BEGINNERS GUIDE Most of the drawings and blueprints, whether they are architectural, constructional or engineering illustrations, are scaled down to fit the size of the paper conveniently. An architectural scale ruler is specially designed for the purpose of determining the real and precise dimensions on a scaled drawing as it will be on the actual site. Before using an architectural scale ruler, one should know about the scale used for the drawing to be measured. Once you have determined the scale of the drawing, you need to choose right scale on the ruler. For example: 1/8 scale represents 1/8 inch on the drawing to 1 foot. Which means that the drawing will be with a scale of 1/8” = 1 foot? One should be careful while choosing the scale as there are two scales marked on each edge. One scale reading heads from left to right whereas the other heads from right to left. You have to line up the zero of the scale with the start point of the drawing, and decide the point which you want to measure. Note the number on the scale that is closer to the end point. This number represents the dimension of the points on your drawing. In this manner you can find out the dimensions on the paper and determine its actual dimension on the site. Although this procedure is a little tedious, but once you have learned its principles, you will be able to convert the measurements of the drawing to its actual size on the live site easily.