Gutted!,,,

[Seagull Shipwright]

Just realised that in copying two Body Plans onto an A4 sheet that they had been reduced to 95% of the scale size. Mass production of 19 frames and 2 weeks work wasted!!!

I have read about this so many times and did not check!

Lesson learnt ……

Make one check and fit….. prevent mass production of rubbish!

On the positive side over ordered timber so can get right on it next week

 

[itwbluey]

This came to mind…..from a post in the we all need humour post…

 

[DAWarden-(Jaager)]

Until I was totally confident in my process I added a layer with a metric scale that should print out as accurate to the top and another layer at the side of every print out:

 

[AllanKP69]

I added a layer with a metric scale

I am with you! I always add a six inch scale to the drawing. I will be adding a second one as in the y axis as well after seeing your example. I have had 48 inch pages printed in the past and once in a while they have been off, one time by as much as 0,25 inches which is a lot at our scales. The printing service was happy to adjust their machine and get it right.
Allan

 

[CharlieT]

This may not be helpful but.....
If you're using a Windows operating system, it will usually default to a Windows print driver. This can make lines and the spacing between them different from what you want. To correct this, go to settings and ensure that your printer is using the driver that's specific to your printer.

 

[BradNSW]

Congrats, you invented a new scale!

Why not continue at this "one-of-a-kind" scale, so your work isn't wasted??

 

[Bob Cleek]

Again, I hear the words of Mr. Dillon, my mechanical drawing teacher, echoing in my mind: "Never take dimensions from the drawings. Always read dimensions from the notation!" We didn't have personal computers and printers back then. The "Xerox machine" had only been on the market for about five years at that time and so expensive only a big corporation could afford to have one. It was a behemoth about the size of a refrigerator laid on its side and it only made 1:1 size copies optically. Digital interfacing to an electrostatic printer was far in the future along with the sizing controls it would enable.

 

[JerryTodd]

Just realised that in copying two Body Plans onto an A4 sheet that they had been reduced to 95% of the scale size. Mass production of 19 frames and 2 weeks work wasted!!!

I have read about this so many times and did not check!

Lesson learnt ……

Make one check and fit….. prevent mass production of rubbish!

On the positive side over ordered timber so can get right on it next week

It's box-scale; kit makers scale the model so everything fits in the box they buy from another source. In your case, the page-scale.

I do print-n-play wargames of Civil War battles, when I get it printed, I have to make sure they print it at 100%, and not to fit-the-page, or the map will be unusable.