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Re: Ideas on Scaling drawings
By:Paul G. Jacobson
Date: 9/6/2008, 3:05 am
In Response To: Re: Ideas on Scaling a 40' Canoe (Reg Lake)

Take your''smoothed'' paper templates to a nearby wall and tape them down. Tape a ruler under your plans. Put a digital camera on a tripod, set it square and parallel to the wall, and make photos (rather than scans) out of them. High res is not necessary. Photo editing software will let you vary the size to fit a conventional printer, and you can treat each frame the same so everything matches up. Save the pix as jpegs if that is the format which you can import into the boat design software.
You can import each frame onto a separate layer to make a composite of all the cross-sections. Align the images on their layers so your baseline, centerline, and waterlines match from image to image. If one image is a bit twisted,you can rotate it to get it straight.
The images can be imported into drafting/drawing programs, too. Many of these have tools for measuring. Typically you pick 2 points and the software draws a line between them, and displays the distance. Use the image of the ruler, and scale your drawing in the software so that it is lifesize, or half that, if you wish.
Hope this helps.
PGJ

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Scaling a 40' Canoe
Reg Lake -- 9/5/2008, 6:13 pm
8' model of 40' Canoe *Pic*
Reg Lake -- 9/27/2008, 11:37 pm
Re: 8' model of 40' Canoe
Toni V -- 9/29/2008, 3:47 pm
Re: 8' model of 40' Canoe
Reg Lake -- 9/29/2008, 5:23 pm
40 ft Canoe?
Jay Babina -- 9/29/2008, 2:33 pm
Re: 40 ft Canoe? *LINK* *Pic*
Reg Lake -- 9/29/2008, 4:53 pm
Re: 40 ft Canoe?
Pawistik -- 9/29/2008, 6:15 pm
Re: 40 ft Canoe?
Bill Hamm -- 9/30/2008, 10:01 am
Re: Strip: Scaling a 40' Canoe *LINK*
Sam McFadden -- 9/8/2008, 9:26 pm
Re: Strip: Scaling a 40' Canoe
Reg Lake -- 9/9/2008, 11:58 am
Re: Strip: Scaling a 40' Canoe
Prasad Bhatla -- 9/7/2008, 10:58 am
Re: I hate it when . . .
Mike Scarborough -- 9/6/2008, 10:30 am
Thanks all, I now have a plan.
Reg Lake -- 9/8/2008, 1:48 pm
Drawings scaled ok. 8' model came out fair. *Pic*
Reg Lake -- 9/11/2008, 4:08 pm
Re: Thanks all, I now have a plan.
Bryan Hansel -- 9/8/2008, 10:16 pm
Re: Thanks all, I now have a plan.
mike allen -- 9/8/2008, 11:41 pm
Re: Thanks all, I now have a plan.
Bryan Hansel -- 9/8/2008, 11:53 pm
Re: Thanks all, I now have a plan.
mike allen -- 9/9/2008, 4:05 am
Re: Thanks all, I now have a plan.
Bryan Hansel -- 9/9/2008, 4:12 pm
Re: Thanks all, I now have a plan.
mike allen -- 9/9/2008, 11:38 pm
Freeship 2.6 It Is.
Reg Lake -- 9/9/2008, 1:33 pm
Re: Thanks all, I now have a plan.
Mike Savage -- 9/8/2008, 7:28 pm
Re: Strip: Scaling a 40' Canoe
Bryan Hansel -- 9/5/2008, 6:50 pm
Re: Strip: Scaling a 40' Canoe
Reg Lake -- 9/5/2008, 8:12 pm
Re: Strip: Scaling a 40' Canoe
mike allen -- 9/6/2008, 5:04 pm
Ideas on Scaling a 40' Canoe
mike allen -- 9/6/2008, 12:09 am
Re: Ideas on Scaling a 40' Canoe
Reg Lake -- 9/6/2008, 2:03 am
Re: Ideas on Scaling a 40' Canoe
Bryan Hansel -- 9/6/2008, 6:52 pm
Re: Ideas on Scaling drawings
Paul G. Jacobson -- 9/6/2008, 3:05 am
Re: Ideas on Scaling a 40' Canoe
mike allen -- 9/6/2008, 2:20 am
Re: Strip: Scaling a 40' Canoe
Prasad Bhatla -- 9/5/2008, 10:09 pm
Re: Strip: Scaling a 40' Canoe
Mike Savage -- 9/5/2008, 6:45 pm