Controlling Text in a Drawing - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 401

FiGuRE 8.37 The completed grid
Creating a title Block and Border
The first step in creating a title block and border for the cabin drawing is deciding
on a sheet size for printing the final drawing. Because many people have access to
8.5 ″× 11 ″ (210 × 297) format printers, you'll use that sheet size. So if you print the
drawing at a scale of 3 ⁄ 16 ″ = 1 ′ -0 ″ (1 = 60), will it it on the sheet?
To answer that question, you have to ask how big an area will fit on an 8.5 ″× 11 ″
(210 mm × 297 mm) sheet at 3 ⁄ 16 ″ = 1 ′ -0 ″ (1:60) scale. The answer is quite simple:
if every inch (millimeter) on the sheet represents 64 ″ (60 mm) in the drawing (12 ″
/ ( 3 ⁄ 16 ″ )) (60/1), you multiply each dimension of the sheet in inches (millimeters) by
64 ″ (60) per inch. For this sheet, you multiply 8.5 ″ × 64 ″ (210 mm × 60) per inch to
get 544 ″ (12,600 mm) or 45 ′ -4 ″ (see Figure 8.38). You multiply 11 ″ × 64 ″ (297 mm ×
60) per inch to get 704 ″ (17,820 mm) or 58 ′ -8 ″ (see Figure 8.38). So, the 8.5 ″× 11 ″
(210 mm × 297 mm) sheet represents a rectangle with dimensions of approximately
45 ″× 58 ″ (12,600 mm × 17,820 mm) at a scale of 3 ⁄ 16 ″ = 1 ′ -0 ″ (1:60) (usually called
three-sixteenths inch scale ). Because most printers and plotters are not full-bleed
devices, you'll need to factor in room for a margin around the outer edge of your
sheet. While the floor plan fits without any problems, you may need to adjust the
column lines for them to fit into the printable area. Chapter 14 will discuss layouts