unknown design scale...

[Kwiksigns]

So I have never seen someone use this for a scale (see attached). I figured there was a scale somewhere, not just what is on there. Has anyone seen this before? Am I missing something that makis this much easier than a ratio?

I just thought I guess I could make a box and scale the whole thing to a 48" box and hope that the size is correct... I am going to go measure them just to make sure anyway cause it seems absolutely stupid someone would think not to include the ratio they used when designing...

 

[J Hill Designs]

putting a scale reference is quite commonplace.

I would measure the actual bus anyway though

 

[BIG EASY DOES IT]

PITA Not too bad though. I believe this is an engineer thing. They like scale by size not by ratio. They are setting it so you can measure the paper with a ruler and measure all the little parts not for blowing up the image for print. Set a line with two points one on 0 and the other on 48. Scale proportionately until your line is 48"

 

[Kwiksigns]

putting a scale reference is quite commonplace.

I would measure the actual bus anyway though

It is right down the street so that is the plan. I have seen it along with the ratio, but never just alone like that. It threw me off

 

[Kwiksigns]

PITA Not too bad though. I believe this is an engineer thing. They like scale by size not by ratio. They are setting it so you can measure the paper with a ruler and measure all the little parts not for blowing up the image for print. Set a line with two points one on 0 and the other on 48. Scale proportionately until your line is 48"

That is exactly what I did and the bus came out to about 7'x35' and that doesn't seem feasible, so I thought I was missing something.

 

[shoresigns]

PITA Not too bad though. I believe this is an engineer thing. They like scale by size not by ratio. They are setting it so you can measure the paper with a ruler and measure all the little parts not for blowing up the image for print. Set a line with two points one on 0 and the other on 48. Scale proportionately until your line is 48"

This, or you can just check the size of the line you draw and divide it into 48, then scale up by that many time. Illustrator lets you type in a percentage into the width/height inputs. It's really simple math, and you've got to know it if your job is designing signs. I use this exact process many times a week, scaling photos for mockups and so on.

 

[Kwiksigns]

Can anyone tell me generally what a bus like this goes for? It was just a one-off and not repeat business. I think I quoted between 9-10k but I did not get the job. To make it worth my time, that is what I needed to get. I know the guy just went with the cheapest place but less just seems like not enough. Is that normal or maybe some people do buses cheap?

 

[J Hill Designs]

To make it worth my time, that is what I needed to get.

then thats all you can do. no sense worrying about it.

 

[Kwiksigns]

trust me, I am losing no sleep over it... curiosity killed the cat