For what type of drawings should small scales 150 or smaller

For what type of drawings should “small scales” (1:50 or smaller) be used? Identify at least three types of drawings, providing details of their scales.

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Answer:

Usually scales are used to represent the plan (or) Diagram on a paper with smaller/Larger dimensions compared to the Actual dimensions

Here small scales i.e, 1:50 or smaller are used to draw plans which has extended over a large area in actual practice. to show full digram/plan on paper we usually prefer this type of scale.

Types of drawings which use scale of 1:50 are

1) Building site - 1:1000

2) Land Surveys - 1:500 to 1:5000

3) Route Surveys - 1:10,000

4) Topographical maps - 1:25,000 to 1:250,000