{"id":558,"date":"2026-08-26T10:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/?p=558"},"modified":"2026-08-26T10:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:27:15","slug":"common-architectural-scales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/design\/558\/common-architectural-scales\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Architectural Scales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before starting, determine the scale you will be working at. This ensures that all dimensions remain accurate and consistent throughout the model.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Scale<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>Typical Use<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>1 m at Scale<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1:10&nbsp;<\/td><td>Small details, furniture and interior components&nbsp;<\/td><td>100 mm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1:20&nbsp;<\/td><td>Interior layouts and room details&nbsp;<\/td><td>50 mm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1:25&nbsp;<\/td><td>Building components and joinery details&nbsp;<\/td><td>40 mm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1:50&nbsp;<\/td><td>Floor plans, room layouts and small building models&nbsp;<\/td><td>20 mm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1:100&nbsp;<\/td><td>Building models and general architectural presentations&nbsp;<\/td><td>10 mm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1:200&nbsp;<\/td><td>Large buildings and site layouts&nbsp;<\/td><td>5 mm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1:500&nbsp;<\/td><td>Site plans and masterplans&nbsp;<\/td><td>2 mm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1:1000&nbsp;<\/td><td>Large sites and urban planning&nbsp;<\/td><td>1 mm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before starting, determine the scale you will be working at. This ensures that all dimensions remain accurate and consistent throughout the model.\u00a0 Scale&nbsp; Typical Use&nbsp; 1 m at Scale&nbsp; 1:10&nbsp; Small details, furniture and interior components&nbsp; 100 mm&nbsp; 1:20&nbsp; Interior layouts and room details&nbsp; 50 mm&nbsp; 1:25&nbsp; Building components and joinery details&nbsp; 40 mm&nbsp; 1:50&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[216],"tags":[69,215,214,213,167,162,164],"class_list":["post-558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design","tag-3d-printing","tag-architectural","tag-architecture","tag-dimensions","tag-laser-cutting","tag-scale","tag-scaling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":559,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions\/559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/makeinsalford.com\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}