5 yrs architecture college + 2 years apprenticeship + 16 yrs professional practice using the metric system, then moved here in the US....dammmm it's like I'm back again to 1st year college trying to learn how to use the imperial system🤣🤣🤣...thanks to you man, you give me hope on this new path of mine👍👍👍
Thank you for the video. I am taking classes on Print reading for construction, recently took a quiz about reading architectural scale, and to be honest it lost me. My professor sent me this video and wow, you made it easy for me to understand it. Thank you
You are a great teacher. I just bought my 1st triangular ruler (like the one my dad used when i was a child) and im 62.. i was hoping to learn but wondering how complicated they were to use. You really do a great job explaining how to use it! Thanks to you, a simple plan for a building permit to build a woodshop can be accurately drawn.
Thank you for the video I’m turning to read prints I work in the dirt world and never had the time to learn and your video made it a bit easier for me.
Well done, I am teaching three teeagers how to read a tape and a scale ruler. You were concise, to the point, and I will have them watch your video. Thanks for the good work!
Not me watching this when I have an architectural midterm in two days 👀 Edit: BOYS I GOT A 97 ON MY MIDTERM, AND THIS GUYS VIDEO WAS LITERALLY 1/4 OF THE QUESTIONS
Thank you so much for this video!!! I am in a landscape design course and was having trouble figuring out how to properly use this scale. This straightforward video provided easy-to-follow examples that helped me understand the Architectural Scale. Thanks again!!!
I'm doing HVAC in new construction houses,and some times is very difficult to get the range hood o micro vents centers,this video helps me a lot to know how to get the centers,thanks a lot.
Nice tutorial! I have worked in structural steel over 20 years. Mostly as a fabricator on the shop floor. Spending a lot of time reading shop drawings with some time on arch. Drawings too. I want to open my own company. But for now I took an estimator position for a sister shop that does (our overload work) haven't really used a scale since high school drafting class. Been relying on my job project managers and contractor detailers to help me through some details. These vids are big help!
Excellent! When I worked in the sign business, I was never far from an architect's scale. My boss taught me the cross-scale, this is for drawings that were not to scale-one can still use an architect's scale as long as you have an overall height or width.
Thank you! Your video did the trick for me. I was hung up on the inch scale part. I now understand that it needs to equal 12" and the value of each tick needs to be determined by calculation.
Thank you for making this video. It is helping my Interior Design students, learn how to use the Architectural Scale in designing their Tiny House model for an assignment.
I just started a college blueprinting class and was reading the textbook chapter on scales and couldn't understand for the life of me. A quick youtube search later and your video unraveled the mess in my brain in less than 10 minutes. Thank you!
Thank you sir very good knowledge. I have a 1 question how to count how much lumber I need for projects for example I’m building 12x10 shed any formula sir thank you
Hello. I'm really simple minded... so I just think through the project from start to finish, breaking down each task to come up with what I will need. Then, I add about 10% more material to come up with the total amount of lumber needed.
Hello, Thank you. this video saved me. Now I will clearly explain the situation to my workshop friend. Since I am in a different part of the world, I am aware of metric scales. Just a small Q. how 3/32 or 3/16 can be replicated? Thanks again.
Great tutorial. Been a mystery for a long time. I want to go the other way: I want to draw a table (top, legs, aprons) on an 8 1/2x11 sheet of paper. Overall dims: 8’x4’x29” (LxWxH). How do I choose a scale from the ruler that allows me to maximize the whole sheet of paper so I can make smaller detailed notations clearly & easily. Much appreciated
Thank you for this video. This helps me for my construction trades course work and I can better understand an architects scale now as I was having a hard time with it.
@@TrainingHandsAcademy Something tells me it may be other people from my school, ha! Seriously thank you so much! I struggled to scale out and draw the room we measured from class but after watching your video I was able to knock it out after 15 minutes. Getting there!
Hello, I have a question about the 16 scale side. For each inch does it equal 10' or a different measurement. I'd love to hear your day on how this works. Thank you and appreciate your videos!
Great quick and easy lesson - but one question! My planning dept requires me draw a site plan at 1" = 20' scale. Where can i find a ruler that will give those dimensions? Or what do I do?
I haven't seen a ruler that does that but I'm sure it's out there. How accurate do you have to be? It's easy to get down to the foot but anything in inches would be tough just using the 1" scale.
Not gonna lie I haven't used one of these since 2014, when I did orthographic projections in my high school shop class. Recently bought one and some other equipment and am trying to get back into it, I really needed the refresher though.
Hello I’m in a welding class for inro blue print reading; I’m having trouble scaling out the inches on the smaller scales like 1/8, 3/32, 3/16. Please tell me if I’m missing something I’m very new to this
Hello sir I have problem in autocad like units and drawing scaling if I draw drawing in inches and how I can set the proper units and which show in 1'-6".
On the page where you used the 3-inch scale, how did you know to use that scale? Also this did clarify the scale itself. Especially the 3-inch reading. I'm in a print reading class for my job, and figured I should know this before the next session.
hi ,im a drafter student and my cousin send me a floor plan so i can practice measuring.but i try to measure exactly the same way you did, but its seem like my measurements are smaller then what it says on the plan,the plan says its 21' in a 1/4" scale equals 1'but when i do the measurements it comes out to 7' on the scale.what am i doing wrong?
I'm reading my scale and it makes a whole lot of difference my problem is reading the little marks | on each scale like between theres 1/8 , and 3/8 ,1/4, 1/2 but on 3" scale .
Architect student here, I am trying to recap my lessons since my professor didn't review scales with us step by step. How can you solve 1:1 or 1:2 without a scale?
Thank you for the video, you have cleared up my confusion on different scales but my question is this: If I have file emailed to me and to see the area in question I enlarge the plan on my computer screen, does the scale still work correctly?
Key insights 🌍 Architectural scales can vary depending on the region, with this particular video focusing on feet and inches. 📐 Each line or mark on the 1/4 scale represents one inch, with 12 of them adding up to one foot, making it easy to measure distances accurately. 📏 The architectural scale allows for precise measurements in both feet and inches, making it a valuable tool for accurately representing dimensions in architectural plans. 📏 The 1/8 inch scale is different from the 1/4 scale, as indicated by the number of marks on the ruler. 🧠 Knowing that the marks on the scale have to add up to 12, you can easily figure out that each mark represents two inches, not one like the 1/4 inch scale. 🤔 Understanding the architectural scale requires knowledge of how the marks on the scale correspond to different fractions of an inch. 🏠 Understanding architectural scales is essential for accurately interpreting and reading drawings in the field of architecture. 🛠 Understanding how to read an architectural scale can help determine the width of components like the sill plate in construction projects.
You should be able to use the 1/2" scale on the ruler. So every 1/2" on your model represents 1' on the actual jack stand. You can also go down to a 1/4" scale as well. .25" on model = 6" on actual object. As long as you keep the 1:24 ratio, you can use any unit of measurement. Hope that helps.
Great and very helpfull videos mate, especially for new woodworkers like me. Can you follow up with a metric one for people from my part of the world .....pat
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5 yrs architecture college + 2 years apprenticeship + 16 yrs professional practice using the metric system, then moved here in the US....dammmm it's like I'm back again to 1st year college trying to learn how to use the imperial system🤣🤣🤣...thanks to you man, you give me hope on this new path of mine👍👍👍
LOL! Glad I could help you learn our complicated measurement system.
Dude, you just saved my ass for my exam which is in literally 45 minutes. Thank you
Good luck Nick, let me know how you do.
Lol
how you did in the exam?
Daniar Onoz absolutely crushed it
@@Nick-ky5yn I’m glad man!
Thank you for the video. I am taking classes on Print reading for construction, recently took a quiz about reading architectural scale, and to be honest it lost me. My professor sent me this video and wow, you made it easy for me to understand it. Thank you
I'm so glad it helped you Agenor!
Thank you! Im new in the country and also new using this kind of measurements, I'm an Architect from Colombia and your video helped me a lot! !
Welcome to the US Jorge! I'm grateful you took the time to comment. Stay in touch.
@Angela Tunglut in the US they use imperial system. Everywhere else metric!
@@davidking8903 3 countries actually use the metric system.
(United States, Liberia, and Myanmar)
Can we be friends? Lol
@@CheetoPuff111you mean the Imperial system. Everywhere else uses Metric. The US uses Imperial, which was in this video.
You are a great teacher. I just bought my 1st triangular ruler (like the one my dad used when i was a child) and im 62.. i was hoping to learn but wondering how complicated they were to use. You really do a great job explaining how to use it! Thanks to you, a simple plan for a building permit to build a woodshop can be accurately drawn.
That is awesome! Thanks for the comment.
Currently on my lunch break from class and feel a lot better going back after watching this. Thank you!
Happy to help!
Thank you for the video I’m turning to read prints I work in the dirt world and never had the time to learn and your video made it a bit easier for me.
Well done, I am teaching three teeagers how to read a tape and a scale ruler. You were concise, to the point, and I will have them watch your video. Thanks for the good work!
Excellent!
Not me watching this when I have an architectural midterm in two days 👀
Edit: BOYS I GOT A 97 ON MY MIDTERM, AND THIS GUYS VIDEO WAS LITERALLY 1/4 OF THE QUESTIONS
I get a lot of students just like you... not me responding to your comment. :)
Same situation
Tomorrow 😭😭😭😭
You will do great! @@sarahyala
Thank you so much for this video!!! I am in a landscape design course and was having trouble figuring out how to properly use this scale. This straightforward video provided easy-to-follow examples that helped me understand the Architectural Scale. Thanks again!!!
You are so welcome!
I'm doing HVAC in new construction houses,and some times is very difficult to get the range hood o micro vents centers,this video helps me a lot to know how to get the centers,thanks a lot.
I'm so glad it helped you out Luis! Thank you for sharing this with me!
Thanks. This has been one of the clearest explanations I’ve seen after watching at least 15 other videos on the subject!
I’m glad I could help.
Nice tutorial!
I have worked in structural steel over 20 years.
Mostly as a fabricator on the shop floor.
Spending a lot of time reading shop drawings with some time on arch. Drawings too.
I want to open my own company. But for now I took an estimator position for a sister shop that does (our overload work) haven't really used a scale since high school drafting class. Been relying on my job project managers and contractor detailers to help me through some details. These vids are big help!
Very cool, glad the video helped you out!
Amazing! After watching this video I completely understand a scale ruler THANK YOU !
Excellent! When I worked in the sign business, I was never far from an architect's scale. My boss taught me the cross-scale, this is for drawings that were not to scale-one can still use an architect's scale as long as you have an overall height or width.
Thank you! Your video did the trick for me. I was hung up on the inch scale part. I now understand that it needs to equal 12" and the value of each tick needs to be determined by calculation.
Nice, glad the video helped you out Frank!
This a perfect video for students. This video is simple, short and made me easy to understand everything.
Thanks, glad it was helpful!
quick easy and straight to the point. great video !
Exactly saved our time!
the BEST scale video I've seen. So many of them are confusing - but yours is great!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for making this video. It is helping my Interior Design students, learn how to use the Architectural Scale in designing their Tiny House model for an assignment.
Awesome Joanne!
I just started a college blueprinting class and was reading the textbook chapter on scales and couldn't understand for the life of me. A quick youtube search later and your video unraveled the mess in my brain in less than 10 minutes. Thank you!
Glad I could help!
Thank you sir very good knowledge. I have a 1 question how to count how much lumber I need for projects for example I’m building 12x10 shed any formula sir thank you
Hello. I'm really simple minded... so I just think through the project from start to finish, breaking down each task to come up with what I will need. Then, I add about 10% more material to come up with the total amount of lumber needed.
What a fantastic lesson! Easy to follow, clear, concise, well articulated and demonstrated as well. Just subscribed.
Welcome aboard Wesley! Let me know if you need help with anything... I'll do what I can. 👊
Hello, Thank you. this video saved me. Now I will clearly explain the situation to my workshop friend. Since I am in a different part of the world, I am aware of metric scales. Just a small Q. how 3/32 or 3/16 can be replicated? Thanks again.
This video helped me understand perfectly, thank you so much.
This video explanation of measurements provided more clarity than any math class I ever took. Bravo 👏
Glad you learned something!
Great tutorial. Been a mystery for a long time. I want to go the other way: I want to draw a table (top, legs, aprons) on an
8 1/2x11 sheet of paper. Overall dims: 8’x4’x29” (LxWxH). How do I choose a scale from the ruler that allows me to maximize the whole sheet of paper so I can make smaller detailed notations clearly & easily. Much appreciated
Great video. How do you know what size paper for example drawing calls for 1/8=1’ but measurement’s will be different per different paper size?
Hello. It has to be printed to scale on different paper sizes unless you are using graph paper with specific scales already on it.
Thank you! I am in school for construction management and my professor confused me with his explanation! You made this so easy to understand.
Fantastic!
Thank you for this video. This helps me for my construction trades course work and I can better understand an architects scale now as I was having a hard time with it.
Glad it was helpful Tiera! Good luck with the course.
Thank you for teaching me this so quickly, even though I'm in middle school one of my classes use these kinds of rulers
Happy to help, thanks for watching and commenting.
Are measurements enough or measurement line traversing beam lights needed to teleport an edifice structure?
Fantastic. Concise explanation.
I want to use to draw a project to scale instead of doing the math on a regular ruler. This was great
Glad it was helpful!
Your video was great thank you I’m extremely new to this I really don’t know how to use it. And I’m nervous I’m not that great with numbers
You can do it!
This dude is genius thanks 🙏🏽 bro God bless you!
Thank you for the blessing brother!
You teach this WAAAAAYYYYY better than my EGT 110 professor! Thank you so much!
Glad my style of teaching works for you. :)
@@TrainingHandsAcademy Thank you so much!
Thanks man! I’m a maintenance apprentice and if it weren’t for TH-cam videos like this I don’t know how else I’d learn
Glad to help Bryan. Thanks for watching.
Fantastic video, my teacher breezed by this today and I struggled so much your video cleared it up
Great to hear! I've been getting a lot of students posting on this video today. :)
@@TrainingHandsAcademy Something tells me it may be other people from my school, ha! Seriously thank you so much! I struggled to scale out and draw the room we measured from class but after watching your video I was able to knock it out after 15 minutes. Getting there!
@@MrStreetballer5Official Nice, Good for you! Thank you for the comment.
Man thank you for simplifying. Makes way more sense than the package I got lol
Thanks for the comment my friend. Bless you.
Thanks so much for this. I'm a designer and software teacher and this helps me a lot on my work.
This was so helpful! Thank you!
You're so welcome!
Very helpful. Thank you for explaining
Glad it was helpful!
Hello, I have a question about the 16 scale side. For each inch does it equal 10' or a different measurement. I'd love to hear your day on how this works. Thank you and appreciate your videos!
Great quick and easy lesson - but one question! My planning dept requires me draw a site plan at 1" = 20' scale. Where can i find a ruler that will give those dimensions? Or what do I do?
I haven't seen a ruler that does that but I'm sure it's out there. How accurate do you have to be? It's easy to get down to the foot but anything in inches would be tough just using the 1" scale.
I need to find an architectual scale! Please help
Thank you I have a test coming up and I needed to study this was helpful thanks!
Best of luck Jaylen!
Thank you for the clear video, it helped me to really read what I was doing. Thank you!!!!
Thank for watching and commenting Stacey!
thank you bro u did help me alot in my begginer way to start furniture bussiness
Glad I could help Hensen. Thanks for watching!
We are taking this in college, and you explain it better than the professors there.
I'm glad this helps you.
Same for me😁
I learned a bunch!!
Glad to hear that!
Thank you for such pure simplicity
Not gonna lie I haven't used one of these since 2014, when I did orthographic projections in my high school shop class. Recently bought one and some other equipment and am trying to get back into it, I really needed the refresher though.
That's' awesome!
If I want to draw out plans for something such as a piece of furniture or maybe a planter, what scale would be best to use?
It really depends... I'd maybe start with 3/4 scale.
Thank you!!
Very informative.
Glad it was helpful!
Hello I’m in a welding class for inro blue print reading; I’m having trouble scaling out the inches on the smaller scales like 1/8, 3/32, 3/16. Please tell me if I’m missing something I’m very new to this
First off, I'm proud of you for asking questions. Most people don't. In order for me to help you better, can you describe your problem in more detail?
Hello sir I have problem in autocad like units and drawing scaling if I draw drawing in inches and how I can set the proper units and which show in 1'-6".
On the page where you used the 3-inch scale, how did you know to use that scale?
Also this did clarify the scale itself. Especially the 3-inch reading. I'm in a print reading class for my job, and figured I should know this before the next session.
The scale the drawing is drawn in is normally printed on the page.
Great video. Good pace.
Doing the best I can. Thank you.
sir if this measuring using still tape measure in meter in actual size in project how can i do
Thank you this help me so much !!!!
Glad it helped!
Thank you so much. You have a great talent for teaching
So nice of you, thank you .
hi ,im a drafter student and my cousin send me a floor plan so i can practice measuring.but i try to measure exactly the same way you did, but its seem like my measurements are smaller then what it says on the plan,the plan says its 21' in a 1/4"
scale equals 1'but when i do the measurements it comes out to 7' on the scale.what am i doing wrong?
Sorry, I'm not sure what's wrong.
your so goated for that! made it so easy!
Glad I could help
this is perfect. I'm working under a contractor (free from Lowes YAY!) and he possibly wants me to start doing floor plans for flooring jobs
Cool! Have fun.
Amazing explanation! Do you have a video on the Alphabet of Lines by any chance?
I do not.. sorry.
You are awesome thanks 👍
Very helpful Video thankyou
Glad it was helpful!
Great video thanks !
You are welcome!
I'm reading my scale and it makes a whole lot of difference my problem is reading the little marks | on each scale like between theres 1/8 , and 3/8 ,1/4, 1/2 but on 3" scale .
Great video! Very easy to understand 👌🏼 and very useful!
Glad you think so!
thank you your a blessing
Glad to help
is thr any video in regard of explaining whole architectural scale in one video in detail..also with doing some beginner draughting.
Very helpful. Thank you.
Damn needed help big time for my c39 roofing license test I have to use that ruler
Hope the test goes way bro!
do you have other videos showing how to read other sides of the scale?
sorry I do not
Very clear explanations. Thank you!
Great job .thanks
Thanks for watching!
Liked and subscribed 👍 great video
Thanks for the sub!
Is there a video explaining how to add dimensions?
Can you plase make a video using metric system. Thanks
Architect student here, I am trying to recap my lessons since my professor didn't review scales with us step by step. How can you solve 1:1 or 1:2 without a scale?
Great video, thank you
Glad you liked it!
Thank you for the video, you have cleared up my confusion on different scales but my question is this:
If I have file emailed to me and to see the area in question I enlarge the plan on my computer screen, does the scale still work correctly?
No the scale will be off.
Key insights
🌍 Architectural scales can vary depending on the region, with this particular video focusing on feet and inches.
📐 Each line or mark on the 1/4 scale represents one inch, with 12 of them adding up to one foot, making it easy to measure distances accurately.
📏 The architectural scale allows for precise measurements in both feet and inches, making it a valuable tool for accurately representing dimensions in architectural plans.
📏 The 1/8 inch scale is different from the 1/4 scale, as indicated by the number of marks on the ruler.
🧠 Knowing that the marks on the scale have to add up to 12, you can easily figure out that each mark represents two inches, not one like the 1/4 inch scale.
🤔 Understanding the architectural scale requires knowledge of how the marks on the scale correspond to different fractions of an inch.
🏠 Understanding architectural scales is essential for accurately interpreting and reading drawings in the field of architecture.
🛠 Understanding how to read an architectural scale can help determine the width of components like the sill plate in construction projects.
Hell there Thanks for sharing you knowing. Cheers.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I am no longer confused!
Good Day, would you happen to have. video scaling down from 1:1 1'-0" to 3" (3"=1'-0")?
can you do the version of this sing the global metric scale please it will help a lot as you explain very well
what version is this?
Does that only work if it’s printed in 30”x42” sheets?
I want to build a set of jack stands for my 1/24 scale model. How would I scale a real set (measurements) jack stands down to 24th scale?
You should be able to use the 1/2" scale on the ruler. So every 1/2" on your model represents 1' on the actual jack stand. You can also go down to a 1/4" scale as well. .25" on model = 6" on actual object. As long as you keep the 1:24 ratio, you can use any unit of measurement. Hope that helps.
Very good sir
You sure earned that like buddy!
Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
Good .. thanks for ur explanation
Thank you very much
now I understand much better thanks
When buying a scale ruler how can you be sure it is precise. There are many I have researched. Is it best to go with the best reviewed ruler?
Thanks
I've bought expensive ones and cheap ones over the years and have never seen any differences... I think you will be good! :)
@@TrainingHandsAcademy thanks again
Great and very helpfull videos mate, especially for new woodworkers like me. Can you follow up with a metric one for people from my part of the world .....pat
Hi do you know how to find 3’-3” using 1/8”-‘1-0”scale
Very good video!
Glad you liked it!