scale symbol source

Any ideas where I might pick up one of those scale symbols (bar scale), which, using black and white bold bars, delineates 0 feet, 10 feet, 50 feet, 100 feet or whatever best describes the scale of the particular drawing? I've never used for my drawings but, just got a request.

I usually draw them once I know the final plot scale.

It comes from many years of actually being on the boards.

I guess I should make symbols for each scale.

I usually draw them once I know the final plot scale.

 

It comes from many years of actually being on the boards.

 

I guess I should make symbols for each scale.

Fair enough if you started out hand drafting. We use a standard template and then just edit the numbers once we know the scale.

But it looks like you have 2008 which can operate with Dynamic Blocks. You could setup a scale bar with all of your standard scales and set a visibility parameter so that all you have to do is click once to select which scale you want displayed.

Sorry td88, I only have metric scales.

I too only use metric scales.

But it looks like you have 2008 which can operate with Dynamic Blocks. You could setup a scale bar with all of your standard scales and set a visibility parameter so that all you have to do is click once to select which scale you want displayed.

Someday I have got to take the time to make a dynamic block of lots of things.

In that I hardly ever use a graphic scale in AutoCAD, I have never thought to draw one.

We used them a lot when I was working for an engineering firm back in the days of linen and ruling pens, but now I leave it up to the scale reference in the title block to communicate the scale.

In that drawing scale is looked at differently between the professions; architecture rarely uses them while engineering often do and map makers always do, I now find myself using them often in ArcGIS, but they have standard templates that came with the program.

Sorry if my post came off sounding silly or smart, but in my experience the way the scale bar is drawn is usually dictated by the standards of the company. I have seen a number of "similar" ways to graphically represent a scale bar that look very different when looked at closely.