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Print scale ambiguity

Wanting to print my design at the mandatory-for-permitting scale of 1/4" =1'

'Best fit scale' does not do that and the 'Scale: 1/XXX' is ambiguous at best. 1 what?
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Re: Print scale ambiguity

Actually, scale is much simpler than you think:
1/x tells how much 1 unit on the paper is in the real world.
1/100 means 1 cm on paper = 100 cm in the real world = 1 m
1/20 means 1 cm on paper = 20 cm in the real world = 0.2 m
but you could also say 1 inch on paper = 20 inch in the real world

I guess in your case, you want 1/4 inch on paper = 1 foot in real world, right?
Just need to resolve the equation:
1/4 inch = 12 inch
1 inch = 48 inch
so the scale you're looking for is probably 1/48
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Re: Print scale ambiguity

That's about where I was at as 1/50 was quite close. Thanks for the tip.
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Re: Print scale ambiguity

Thank you for your kind answer Emmanuel. :)
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