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Is tracing over an imported floor plan accurate?

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Topic: Is tracing over an imported floor plan accurate?
Posted By: m100da262
Subject: Is tracing over an imported floor plan accurate?
Date Posted: 06.Nov.2011 at 11:54
I am working on redesigning 8 apartments, there is only a hard copy of the original floor plan, how accurate is importing and tracing over?

Thanks!
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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 06.Nov.2011 at 15:18
As long as you have a dimension you can SCALE using the REFERENCE option it could be very close.  No promises though.

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Posted By: m100da262
Date Posted: 06.Nov.2011 at 16:51
Thanks for the reply, I would like to try it, can you tell me how to use the REFERENCE option?

Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 06.Nov.2011 at 20:28
Let's try something else first.

You do have dimensions on the plan you are scanning and importing right?

When you bring the scan into AutoCAD invoke the DISTANCE command and measure the distance between the two same points.  Note what AutoCAD says the distance is and compare this to the actual distance.  Then, using the SCALE command, scale the image up or down accordingly.  Remeasure.  How close to the actual (known) distance is the result?


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