Scale Help

cheechm · 7 Nov 2010 at 21:56

Hi guys,

If something is 1:25 when printed in A3 size, what will it be when printed in A1 size?

Cheers

fidget · 7 Nov 2010 at 21:59

cheechm said:
Hi guys,

If something is 1:25 when printed in A3 size, what will it be when printed in A1 size?

Cheers

Erm - 1:25?

Edit: The ratio won't change, but the size will double

jackthezipper · 7 Nov 2010 at 22:06

Should be 1:12.5 I think

Energize · 7 Nov 2010 at 22:07

A1 is 4x as large as A3 if that helps.

PardonTheWait · 7 Nov 2010 at 22:17

Energize said:
A1 is 4x as large as A3 if that helps.

This, each 'A' size is two of the previous one (to the nearest mm).

A4 is 2x A5 and so on

Deadbeat · 7 Nov 2010 at 22:21

It'll be 1:6.25 scale on A1 paper, assuming it scales with the same ratio

cheechm · 7 Nov 2010 at 22:25

Thought the ratio was 1:2^0.5?

daz · 7 Nov 2010 at 22:30

Deadbeat · 7 Nov 2010 at 22:35

daz said:
12.5

For A2, it's 12.5 - for A1, it's twice the size again, so 6.25

Stupot_ · 7 Nov 2010 at 22:47

Guys... Stop posting up if you don't know the answer...

It's 1:12.5

Think of a 10cm square box. At A3, and 1:10 scale, it is 1x1cm on paper. A1 paper is twice the length and twice the width of A3. If your box increases in size with the paper it is now 2x2cm, or 1:5.

So, to go from A3 to A1, you can halve the scale.

neodude · 8 Nov 2010 at 05:18

1:12.5

A1 is twice as long and twice as wide as A3.

LOAM · 8 Nov 2010 at 06:34

Stupot_ said:
Guys... Stop posting up if you don't know the answer...

It's 1:12.5

Think of a 10cm square box. At A3, and 1:10 scale, it is 1x1cm on paper. A1 paper is twice the length and twice the width of A3. If your box increases in size with the paper it is now 2x2cm, or 1:5.

So, to go from A3 to A1, you can halve the scale.

This man, speaka de truth.