AutoCAD 2010 Drawing Scale and Limits

Charts: Millimeters
By David Byrnes
You work to scale when you design using AutoCAD 2010. And because you work to
scale, the boundary of a project depends on the scale youre using and the size of
the paper youre going to print it on. The following table shows the limits for various
scales in millimeters:
Drawing
Scale

210 x 297
mm

297 x 420
mm

1:200

42,000 x
59,400
mm

59,400 x
84,000
mm

1:100

21,000 x
29,700
mm

1:50

420 x 594
mm

594 x 841
mm

841 x 1,189
mm

84,000 x
118,800
mm

118,800 x
168,200 mm

168,200 x
237,800 mm

29,700 x
42,000
mm

42,000 x
59,400 mm

59,400 x
84,100 mm

84,100 x
118,900 mm

10,500 x
14,850
mm

14,850 x
21,000
mm

21,000 x
29,700 mm

29,700 x
42,050 mm

42,050 x
59,450 mm

1:20

4,200 x
5,940 mm

5,940 x
8,400 mm

8,400 x
11,880 mm

11,880 x
16,820 mm

16,820 x
23,780 mm

1:10

2,100 x
2,970 mm

2,970 x
4,200 mm

4,200 x
5,940 mm

5,940 x
8,410 mm

8,410 x
11,890 mm

1:5

1,050 x
1,485 mm

1,485 x
2,100 mm

2,100 x
2,970 mm

2,970 x
4,205 mm

4,205 x
5,945 mm