Re: Scale

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Scale AND page size have an effect ....
The default Floor Plan scale is 1:50 on A1 page, but this doesn't quite work for your sizes, therefore you can do either:
1. Increase the page size to A0 (leaving the scale at 1:50)
2. Reduce the page size to A2 AND increase the scale to 1:100

"Visio beginner" <Visio beginner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:3E14C517-B77C-451A-A613-97AB38DC629D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am new beginner and i have a floor draing to do that measures (33 * 31)m.

what scale should I use, also the steps in setting up the recommended scale
would be welcomed.

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David Parker
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