Hello! I am an architecture major at my local community college. I just finished both Architectural Freehand Drawing classes this year. In this coming spring semester, I will be taking Design 1 and Graphics 1. I am still new to all this. I have used both the architectural and engineering scales, but I still struggle to know how to read them. Your video has been helpful to give me a better and clear understanding of reading the architectural and engineering scales. Thanks.
As a new Horticulture student who one day wants to go into Landscape Architecture, this video was incredibly helpful in learning to read my new scales.
First, thank you for this video it was very informative and helpful. Question though- if you are using the 20 side and you want a 60 ft line, would it not be drawn from 0 to the 3, not the 6? I was confused at the 8 min 30 sec mark in the video. If you can please confirm, it would be greatly appreciated!
No. I clarified this for another user, but if I paste it here, then I will get a temporary shadow ban (happens every time I copy and paste a comment i've made). Instead, I'll just tell you, you can go back and re-watch from 5:24 to 6:31 to get it cleared up.
@@watchclassics No. The 10-scale gives one number per inch, but the 20-scale gives 2 numbers per inch (so 1 represent only one half inch, which is only 10 feet on a 20 scale). What this does is makes it so that, basically, no matter what scale you are using, you just add a zero to the number you see on that side to get the number of feet. The number 6, on a 20-scale, therefore, is 3 inches. 3x20=60. This is clarified in the video before the point in question, at between 5:21 and 6:34.
for that last example using the 1''=20' shouldn't the count be to 3, 3x 20 = 60 since you are counting to 60'. desnt counting to 6'' will give you 120'. just checking. thanks.
If you go back to 5:24, and watch through 6:31, then you'll notice that he showed that the numbers only correspond with inches on the 10-scale. On the 20-scale, there was half an inch per number (so the number 2 is the first inch, the number 4 is the second inch, and so on). On the 40-scale, there was one quarter of an inch per number (so number 4 represents one inch, number 8 represents two inches, etc.). I hope this helps!
finally, a guy who gets an easy way to explain this
I felt so stupid I was trying to do math in my head the whole time and just didn't understand the scale. You are my engineer savior, thank you :)
Thanks, helped me explain it to my grandson. I use an architectural scale myself, so I was a bit rusty on engineering scale.
Hello! I am an architecture major at my local community college. I just finished both Architectural Freehand Drawing classes this year. In this coming spring semester, I will be taking Design 1 and Graphics 1. I am still new to all this. I have used both the architectural and engineering scales, but I still struggle to know how to read them. Your video has been helpful to give me a better and clear understanding of reading the architectural and engineering scales. Thanks.
This was teacher. He is ever knowledgeable and helpful. I recommended looking taking his courses
Thanks Leon! Hope everything is going well. Miss having you in class!
thank you this was helpful!
As a new Horticulture student who one day wants to go into Landscape Architecture, this video was incredibly helpful in learning to read my new scales.
Much appreciated for this. I wish you were on Twitter though. xoxo
Thank you so much! Finally get it
First, thank you for this video it was very informative and helpful. Question though- if you are using the 20 side and you want a 60 ft line, would it not be drawn from 0 to the 3, not the 6? I was confused at the 8 min 30 sec mark in the video. If you can please confirm, it would be greatly appreciated!
Eaxctly my thoughts. If he uses the 1:20 and drew a line to 6, wouldn't that make it 120 feet?
No. I clarified this for another user, but if I paste it here, then I will get a temporary shadow ban (happens every time I copy and paste a comment i've made). Instead, I'll just tell you, you can go back and re-watch from 5:24 to 6:31 to get it cleared up.
@@watchclassics No. The 10-scale gives one number per inch, but the 20-scale gives 2 numbers per inch (so 1 represent only one half inch, which is only 10 feet on a 20 scale). What this does is makes it so that, basically, no matter what scale you are using, you just add a zero to the number you see on that side to get the number of feet. The number 6, on a 20-scale, therefore, is 3 inches. 3x20=60. This is clarified in the video before the point in question, at between 5:21 and 6:34.
Well explained . thank you
for that last example using the 1''=20' shouldn't the count be to 3, 3x 20 = 60 since you are counting to 60'. desnt counting to 6'' will give you 120'. just checking. thanks.
If you go back to 5:24, and watch through 6:31, then you'll notice that he showed that the numbers only correspond with inches on the 10-scale. On the 20-scale, there was half an inch per number (so the number 2 is the first inch, the number 4 is the second inch, and so on). On the 40-scale, there was one quarter of an inch per number (so number 4 represents one inch, number 8 represents two inches, etc.).
I hope this helps!
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really genius idia. This reason it's so impossible to understand.
11 SCALES, NOT 12
Speak slower, please. Good grief.
Spoke plenty slow.