How to Read an Architectural Scale | Beginner

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

[@agenordolmuz7657]

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

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I'm so glad it helped you Agenor!

[@Funpowda239]

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.

[@sleepy1149]

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

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

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[@jorgemancera3079]

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! !

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

[@davidking8903]

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

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

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[@robertbellemore3957]

quick easy and straight to the point. great video !

[@dennis3552]

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

[@JoelMielke]

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.

[@tracyyoung8866]

Thank you for such pure simplicity

[@diegobolso2005]

Very clear explanations. Thank you!

[@tdona30]

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

[@TheAnetmusik]

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.

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That is awesome! Thanks for the comment.

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

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

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

[@samueleyong237]

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

[@davelambardo6464]

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!

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

Very cool, glad the video helped you out!

[@joelle2863]

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!!!

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

You are so welcome!

[@CelestialHope111]

love this, thank you!

[@aadizzle10]

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

[@1jumbox]

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!

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

Excellent!

[@spacebethsmith1967]

Thanks! Learned a lot

[@joannenichols4516]

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.

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

Awesome Joanne!

[@rogeralvarez3317]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@chrisbutler34]

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

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@frankcadena9293]

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.

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

Nice, glad the video helped you out Frank!

[@prabhub4744]

Good .. thanks for ur explanation

[@eddiev9327]

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

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Happy to help!

[@luis2012174]

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.

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

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Very helpful. Thank you for explaining

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[@tieraarakawa4570]

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.

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Glad it was helpful Tiera! Good luck with the course.

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[@staceyallen8516]

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

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Thank for watching and commenting Stacey!

[@standthemovie8031]

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!

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

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Glad I could help Hensen. Thanks for watching!

[@ranita9365]

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[@f1flores]

Hell there Thanks for sharing you knowing. Cheers.

[@fatdemondog9608]

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

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

Happy to help, thanks for watching and commenting.

[@jaylenramos9531]

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

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Best of luck Jaylen!

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Thank you!! Very informative.

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[@Chicky.Treats]

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

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Glad you learned something!

[@PhoenixStrykers]

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

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

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Glad to help Bryan. Thanks for watching.

[@nelsod76]

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

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@nancywest2895]

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

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[@iron352]

I learned a bunch!!

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Thank you Sr.

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

Thanks for the comment!

[@steadfastscout4606]

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.

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Helpful vedio

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Very good video!

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Glad you liked it!

[@aaronborrero7274]

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

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Hope the test goes way bro!

[@joseabreu2556]

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

[@MrStreetballer5Official]

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

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

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

[@MrStreetballer5Official]

@@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]

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

[@parthapratimnath7053]

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.

[@katyavillalta8785]

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

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

You can do it!

[@darriusadams2945]

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!

[@epcbloggers]

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

[@patdennis4576]

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

[@marcoperez7330]

Very helpful

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Glad to hear that

[@StarKnight619]

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

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

Cool! Have fun.

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Liked and subscribed 👍 great video

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Thanks for the sub!

[@kahileigh]

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

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

Perfect!

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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.

[@user-eo4wo1uj4l]

Thanks

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

Welcome

[@ajsdfk]

that's for getting straight to the point

[@Pacopalensias11]

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]

Is there a video explaining how to add dimensions?

[@RooniP]

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

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

Thanks for the comment.

[@Artsymary]

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

[@joelleguerin4201]

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

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

You got this!

[@RonnieJamesDeodorant]

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]

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

[@Bhaktamital92]

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]

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]

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?

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

No the scale will be off.

[@danbumstead]

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]

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.

[@matthewmoeller821]

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

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

Glad it was helpful!

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👍👍👌👌

[@Clos111888]

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

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

I do not.. sorry.

[@FUBAR956]

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?

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

It really depends... I'd maybe start with 3/4 scale.

[@Rewasam]

Omg be my tutor!!!

[@sadietp2362]

Does that only work if it’s printed in 30”x42” sheets?

[@joecooks6541]

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]

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?

[@JD-ez8fg]

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?

[@TrainingHandsAcademy]

Sorry, I'm not sure what's wrong.

[@jayarikishii]

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.

[@socksoffthewalls4875]

Good Day, would you happen to have. video scaling down from 1:1 1'-0" to 3" (3"=1'-0")?