How to Read an Architectural Scale | Beginner

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  • Learn how to use an architectural scale ruler so that you can read scaled drawings and blueprints. Today's lesson walks you through how to read and use an architectural scale using a set of blueprints.
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  • @TrainingHandsAcademy
    @TrainingHandsAcademy  Рік тому +1

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  • @Metelo-e8k
    @Metelo-e8k 2 роки тому +27

    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👍👍👍

    • @TrainingHandsAcademy
      @TrainingHandsAcademy  2 роки тому +2

      LOL! Glad I could help you learn our complicated measurement system.

  • @Nick-ky5yn
    @Nick-ky5yn 3 роки тому +71

    Dude, you just saved my ass for my exam which is in literally 45 minutes. Thank you

  • @agenordolmuz7657
    @agenordolmuz7657 3 роки тому +35

    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

  • @jorgemancera3079
    @jorgemancera3079 4 роки тому +41

    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! !

    • @TrainingHandsAcademy
      @TrainingHandsAcademy  4 роки тому +5

      Welcome to the US Jorge! I'm grateful you took the time to comment. Stay in touch.

    • @davidking8903
      @davidking8903 2 роки тому +2

      @Angela Tunglut in the US they use imperial system. Everywhere else metric!

    • @CheetoPuff111
      @CheetoPuff111 2 роки тому

      @@davidking8903 3 countries actually use the metric system.
      (United States, Liberia, and Myanmar)

    • @denaadavid
      @denaadavid Рік тому

      Can we be friends? Lol

  • @sleepy1149
    @sleepy1149 9 місяців тому +12

    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

    • @TrainingHandsAcademy
      @TrainingHandsAcademy  9 місяців тому +3

      I get a lot of students just like you... not me responding to your comment. :)

    • @Vb-vq1gr
      @Vb-vq1gr 9 місяців тому +1

      Same situation

    • @sarahyala
      @sarahyala 8 місяців тому

      Tomorrow 😭😭😭😭

    • @TrainingHandsAcademy
      @TrainingHandsAcademy  8 місяців тому

      You will do great! @@sarahyala

  • @Funpowda239
    @Funpowda239 4 роки тому +6

    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.

  • @TheAnetmusik
    @TheAnetmusik 10 місяців тому +4

    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.

  • @dennis3552
    @dennis3552 3 роки тому +3

    Amazing! After watching this video I completely understand a scale ruler THANK YOU !

  • @JoelMielke
    @JoelMielke Рік тому

    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.

  • @robertbellemore3957
    @robertbellemore3957 3 роки тому +6

    quick easy and straight to the point. great video !

  • @joelle2863
    @joelle2863 Рік тому +2

    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!!!

  • @davelambardo6464
    @davelambardo6464 3 роки тому +2

    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!

  • @joannenichols4516
    @joannenichols4516 4 роки тому +2

    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.

  • @1jumbox
    @1jumbox 2 роки тому +1

    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!

  • @tracyyoung8866
    @tracyyoung8866 3 роки тому

    Thank you for such pure simplicity

  • @frankcadena9293
    @frankcadena9293 3 роки тому +3

    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.

  • @tdona30
    @tdona30 3 роки тому

    Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I am no longer confused!

  • @diegobolso2005
    @diegobolso2005 3 роки тому

    Very clear explanations. Thank you!

  • @samueleyong237
    @samueleyong237 3 роки тому +5

    Thanks so much for this. I'm a designer and software teacher and this helps me a lot on my work.

  • @wesleyjames671
    @wesleyjames671 2 роки тому +4

    What a fantastic lesson! Easy to follow, clear, concise, well articulated and demonstrated as well. Just subscribed.

    • @TrainingHandsAcademy
      @TrainingHandsAcademy  2 роки тому +1

      Welcome aboard Wesley! Let me know if you need help with anything... I'll do what I can. 👊

  • @standthemovie8031
    @standthemovie8031 Рік тому

    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!

  • @luis2012174
    @luis2012174 4 роки тому +3

    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.

    • @TrainingHandsAcademy
      @TrainingHandsAcademy  4 роки тому

      I'm so glad it helped you out Luis! Thank you for sharing this with me!

  • @CelestialHope111
    @CelestialHope111 3 роки тому

    love this, thank you!

  • @aadizzle10
    @aadizzle10 Рік тому

    This video helped me understand perfectly, thank you so much.

  • @New.Beginnings88
    @New.Beginnings88 20 днів тому

    Man thank you for simplifying. Makes way more sense than the package I got lol

  • @eddiev9327
    @eddiev9327 Рік тому

    Currently on my lunch break from class and feel a lot better going back after watching this. Thank you!

  • @tieraarakawa4570
    @tieraarakawa4570 Рік тому

    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.

  • @arktentengineering
    @arktentengineering Рік тому

    This dude is genius thanks 🙏🏽 bro God bless you!

  • @Chicky.Treats
    @Chicky.Treats 2 роки тому

    This video explanation of measurements provided more clarity than any math class I ever took. Bravo 👏

  • @chrisbutler34
    @chrisbutler34 Рік тому

    the BEST scale video I've seen. So many of them are confusing - but yours is great!

  • @jaylenramos9531
    @jaylenramos9531 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you I have a test coming up and I needed to study this was helpful thanks!

  • @spacebethsmith1967
    @spacebethsmith1967 4 роки тому

    Thanks! Learned a lot

  • @nelsod76
    @nelsod76 2 роки тому

    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

  • @nancywest2895
    @nancywest2895 Рік тому

    Thank you! I am in school for construction management and my professor confused me with his explanation! You made this so easy to understand.

  • @staceyallen8516
    @staceyallen8516 Рік тому

    Thank you for the clear video, it helped me to really read what I was doing. Thank you!!!!

  • @Bryan_1990
    @Bryan_1990 Рік тому

    Thanks man! I’m a maintenance apprentice and if it weren’t for UA-cam videos like this I don’t know how else I’d learn

  • @fatdemondog9608
    @fatdemondog9608 10 місяців тому

    Thank you for teaching me this so quickly, even though I'm in middle school one of my classes use these kinds of rulers

  • @fireworks9855
    @fireworks9855 Рік тому

    Thank you so much. You have a great talent for teaching

  • @PhoenixStrykers
    @PhoenixStrykers 2 роки тому +1

    You teach this WAAAAAYYYYY better than my EGT 110 professor! Thank you so much!

  • @prabhub4744
    @prabhub4744 3 роки тому

    Good .. thanks for ur explanation

  • @darriusadams2945
    @darriusadams2945 3 роки тому +1

    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!

  • @djleadone
    @djleadone 3 роки тому

    You sure earned that like buddy!

  • @goodvibes207
    @goodvibes207 2 роки тому

    Great video! Very easy to understand 👌🏼 and very useful!

  • @rogeralvarez3317
    @rogeralvarez3317 2 роки тому

    Very helpful. Thank you.

  • @steadfastscout4606
    @steadfastscout4606 Рік тому

    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.

  • @parthapratimnath7053
    @parthapratimnath7053 2 роки тому +2

    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.

  • @ranita9365
    @ranita9365 3 роки тому

    now I understand much better thanks

  • @nelo4362
    @nelo4362 4 роки тому +1

    Nice 👍 video thanks

  • @joseabreu2556
    @joseabreu2556 3 роки тому +1

    can you do the version of this sing the global metric scale please it will help a lot as you explain very well

  • @StarKnight619
    @StarKnight619 2 роки тому

    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

  • @hensenallerion302
    @hensenallerion302 2 роки тому

    thank you bro u did help me alot in my begginer way to start furniture bussiness

  • @MrStreetballer5Official
    @MrStreetballer5Official Рік тому

    Fantastic video, my teacher breezed by this today and I struggled so much your video cleared it up

    • @TrainingHandsAcademy
      @TrainingHandsAcademy  Рік тому

      Great to hear! I've been getting a lot of students posting on this video today. :)

    • @MrStreetballer5Official
      @MrStreetballer5Official Рік тому

      @@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!

    • @TrainingHandsAcademy
      @TrainingHandsAcademy  Рік тому

      @@MrStreetballer5Official Nice, Good for you! Thank you for the comment.

  • @sankalpverma7548
    @sankalpverma7548 3 роки тому

    thank you vermy ,much sir

  • @patdennis4576
    @patdennis4576 3 роки тому

    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

  • @promisestudio8726
    @promisestudio8726 4 роки тому

    Helpful vedio

  • @xtrongtentaxion-x666
    @xtrongtentaxion-x666 4 роки тому

    Thank you Sr.

  • @riccodelestaque7720
    @riccodelestaque7720 2 роки тому

    je suis bien content d'habiter dans un pays qui utilise le système métrique, infiniment plus simple.
    I'm very happy to live in a country that uses the infinitely simpler metric system.

  • @flboi1000
    @flboi1000 Рік тому

    Thank you!!
    Very informative.

  • @jerryhayshe2320
    @jerryhayshe2320 4 місяці тому

    Very helpful. Thank you for explaining

  • @mickedidit5208
    @mickedidit5208 Місяць тому

    Great video, thank you

  • @rubenabarca816
    @rubenabarca816 2 місяці тому

    thank you your a blessing

  • @katyavillalta8785
    @katyavillalta8785 Рік тому

    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

  • @iron352
    @iron352 2 роки тому +2

    I learned a bunch!!

  • @rodrigomeier9673
    @rodrigomeier9673 2 роки тому

    Thank you very much

  • @aaronborrero7274
    @aaronborrero7274 Рік тому

    Damn needed help big time for my c39 roofing license test I have to use that ruler

  • @Akziis
    @Akziis 10 місяців тому

    your so goated for that! made it so easy!

  • @mnnaji5794
    @mnnaji5794 Рік тому

    You are awesome thanks 👍

  • @anggavlogs4817
    @anggavlogs4817 3 роки тому

    architectural scale ruler amazing

  • @JD-ez8fg
    @JD-ez8fg 2 роки тому +1

    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?

  • @fredhiller6017
    @fredhiller6017 24 дні тому

    Great video thanks !

  • @Artsymary
    @Artsymary 3 роки тому

    is thr any video in regard of explaining whole architectural scale in one video in detail..also with doing some beginner draughting.

  • @justme-ti1rh
    @justme-ti1rh Рік тому

    Great job .thanks

  • @RooniP
    @RooniP 5 місяців тому

    I used to wonder what those rulers were for, wow lol now I know...thanks

  • @Bhaktamital92
    @Bhaktamital92 Рік тому +1

    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

    • @TrainingHandsAcademy
      @TrainingHandsAcademy  Рік тому

      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.

  • @lucky2349
    @lucky2349 2 роки тому

    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?

  • @f1flores
    @f1flores Рік тому

    Hell there Thanks for sharing you knowing. Cheers.

  • @paulthornton9899
    @paulthornton9899 Рік тому

    Great video. Good pace.

  • @joelleguerin4201
    @joelleguerin4201 10 місяців тому

    thanks for this video! I might be able to pass my exam ahah

  • @Pacopalensias11
    @Pacopalensias11 10 місяців тому

    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 .

  • @shelsy.t1475
    @shelsy.t1475 3 роки тому +1

    Is there a video explaining how to add dimensions?

  • @user-uc2oy8iw8g
    @user-uc2oy8iw8g 9 місяців тому

    Very helpful Video thankyou

  • @L.11.11.
    @L.11.11. 2 місяці тому

    Thank you!

  • @RonnieJamesDeodorant
    @RonnieJamesDeodorant 2 роки тому

    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.

    • @TrainingHandsAcademy
      @TrainingHandsAcademy  2 роки тому

      The scale the drawing is drawn in is normally printed on the page.

  • @giessjh6
    @giessjh6 Рік тому

    Very good video!

  • @jrrosales7918
    @jrrosales7918 2 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @marcoperez7330
    @marcoperez7330 11 місяців тому

    Very helpful

  • @danbumstead
    @danbumstead 10 місяців тому

    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?

    • @TrainingHandsAcademy
      @TrainingHandsAcademy  10 місяців тому

      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.

  • @epcbloggers
    @epcbloggers 7 місяців тому

    sir if this measuring using still tape measure in meter in actual size in project how can i do

  • @mikemike4789
    @mikemike4789 15 днів тому

    Can you plase make a video using metric system. Thanks

  • @Clos111888
    @Clos111888 10 місяців тому

    Amazing explanation! Do you have a video on the Alphabet of Lines by any chance?

  • @kahileigh
    @kahileigh Рік тому

    I learned more in 30 seconds of this video than reading my textbook

  • @matthewmoeller821
    @matthewmoeller821 2 роки тому

    Wow. Perfect amount of explanation easily understood. Thank you for not including your pet.

  • @FUBAR956
    @FUBAR956 Рік тому

    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?

  • @irenabayreva1326
    @irenabayreva1326 3 роки тому +2

    How do we measure 5/16" and 3/8" on a 3"=1'-0"

    • @aaronviehe277
      @aaronviehe277 2 роки тому

      It would just land between two marks for 5/16"

  • @johnnydip7329
    @johnnydip7329 3 роки тому

    How do I measure 35 inches on 3”:1-0 scale

  • @faithsworld9299
    @faithsworld9299 3 роки тому

    So I've seen people just marking the measurements straight from what it shows on paper and on the architects scale, but on my class video she showed dividing it by half then marking the measurement. For instance she had 18' so starting at the center dot she put 9' to the left of the center dot and 9'0 to the right of the center dot. Does it have to be done like that? I'm looking for the most simplified way.

    • @TrainingHandsAcademy
      @TrainingHandsAcademy  3 роки тому

      Hello. I'm sorry, but I'm not really following what you are asking me. What are you trying to do? It sounds like she is just teaching a way to center the measurement. Let me know.

  • @user-eo4wo1uj4l
    @user-eo4wo1uj4l 6 місяців тому

    Thanks

  • @Rewasam
    @Rewasam 3 роки тому

    Omg be my tutor!!!

  • @joecooks6541
    @joecooks6541 6 місяців тому

    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

    • @TrainingHandsAcademy
      @TrainingHandsAcademy  6 місяців тому

      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?