How Do You Scale Factor in Autocad

How to scale up in AutoCAD – Window select the object(s), type SCALE, and then specify a number larger than 1. Hit Enter. The size of the object(s) will SCALE UP by that scale factor. Refer to Figure 1 to see the differences in scale factors.

How do you do scale factor?

To find the scale factor, locate two corresponding sides, one on each figure. Write the ratio of one length to the other to find the scale factor from one figure to the other. In this example, the scale factor from the blue figure to the red figure is 1.6 : 3.2, or 1 : 2.

How are scale factor and scale different?

A scale factor is the ratio of the model measurement to the actual measurement in simplest form. Unlike a scale ratio, the scale factor does not compare different units of measurement.

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