topic Re: Custom Drawing Scale 1'=60' to shows up as 1"=720" in Documentation

Custom Drawing Scale 1'=60' to shows up as 1"=720"

jStrada — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 01:05:57 GMT

Is it possible for custom drawing scales like 1"=720" to shows up as 1'=60' on view title without overriding with a fill and text?

Re: Custom Drawing Scale 1'=60' to shows up as 1"=720"

Lingwisyer — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 01:03:34 GMT

You should probably state which AC version you are using, as well as the name of the object itself. Whether it is a standalone object or is it a titleblock object.

Re: Custom Drawing Scale 1'=60' to shows up as 1"=720"

Barry Kelly — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 01:09:01 GMT

1:720 and 1:60 are totally different scales.

Isn't it showing the actual scale of the drawing?

Barry.

Re: Custom Drawing Scale 1'=60' to shows up as 1"=720"

Lingwisyer — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 07:53:55 GMT

They are wanting the scale to take into account units, in this case, inches to feet. Imperial things... Not that I could see anyone ever measuring anything on a page in feet unless you are in the 40s and are working on a room sized drawing...

Re: Custom Drawing Scale 1'=60' to shows up as 1"=720"

Barry Kelly — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 09:02:31 GMT

In that case it would be 1 : 60 = 12 : 720.

Or 1 : 720 = 1/12 : 60 (one twelfth of a foot = 60 feet).

That is why I said they were totally different scales.

Scales don't use units, just a ratio?

Unless I am mistaken.

Barry.

Re: Custom Drawing Scale 1'=60' to shows up as 1"=720"

Lingwisyer — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 09:36:24 GMT

Yeah, but Imperial things... Maybe they are just hate their contractors?

Re: Custom Drawing Scale 1'=60' to shows up as 1"=720"

jStrada — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 17:03:24 GMT

Hello all! @Barry Kelly @Lingwisyer

We are using AC 27 USA 6000. Imperial units.

Our Architecture company includes Landscape Architects and Civil Engineers and their plans typically need scales to show full property and lot locations. 1'=60' is a traditional engineering scale.

I would like the scale that shows in 1"=720" inches in the title block to display as 1'=60' feet. It seems possible since the graphical scale shows correct units in feet.

Re: Custom Drawing Scale 1'=60' to shows up as 1"=720"

jStrada — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 17:33:14 GMT

Currently showing 1 Foot = 720 Inches and would like to display 1 inch = 60 Feet.

Re: Custom Drawing Scale 1'=60' to shows up as 1"=720"

Lingwisyer — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 01:24:48 GMT

Interesting.

Does changing your working units or Dimension Style affect things?

Re: Custom Drawing Scale 1'=60' to shows up as 1"=720"

Barry Kelly — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 02:20:28 GMT

@jStrada wrote:

I would like the scale that shows in 1"=720" inches in the title block to display as 1'=60' feet. It seems possible since the graphical scale shows correct units in feet.

If the scale says 1 inch = 720 inches then it would also be 1 foot = 720 feet.
I think what you are trying to say is you want 1 inch = 60 feet (1" = 60') - which is not what you are typing.

I don't use imperial measurement, but it seems it can use a scale of 1 inch = x feet.

So 1" = 50' for example.

It seems that there is not a standard scale of 1" = 60'

You can create a custom scale of 1:720, but I see no way to create 1" = 60'

I am not sure where that list of standard scales comes from - I looked in registry, but couldn't see anything.

So, unless there is a way to edit this list, I think you are stuck with manually overwriting the text.

Barry.

Re: Custom Drawing Scale 1'=60' to shows up as 1"=720"

jStrada — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:58:01 GMT

Sorry I had corrected it in the message that followed since it did not allow me to edit the previous comment. The custom scales for some reason do not show like the system below the second horizontal bar. Changing the working units and dim style does not affect anything. I'm afraid to have to jump into GDL scripting for this drawing's view title.

Re: Custom Drawing Scale 1'=60' to shows up as 1"=720"

gaddesign — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:39:43 GMT

Barry's conclusion matches what I've seen too — there's no way to add a "1 inch = 60 feet" entry to the built-in scale list. Custom scales are stored as plain ratios (1:720), and the title label is auto-generated from that ratio, so a custom scale can never carry the feet/inches wording on its own. The practical fix is to leave the view's scale alone and override just the label:

1. Keep the view itself on the custom 1:720 scale so the geometry stays correct. 1 inch = 60 feet is exactly 1:720 (60 x 12), so the drawing is right — only the text needs changing.

2. On the layout, open the title object's settings and switch off the automatic scale display, then place plain text reading 1" = 60'-0" next to it. Save the title as a favorite so every 1:720 sheet in the project stays consistent.

3. One caution: the manual label won't follow the view if someone changes the view's scale later, so it's worth a quick check before issuing — or a note in the office template.

Changing working units won't get you there either, by the way — it only re-words the same auto-generated ratio (e.g. 1"=720" vs 1 Foot = 720 Inches), since a custom ratio has no way to express "1 inch = 60 feet".

I usually double-check with this free scale converter: https://gad.design/scale-converter