Print Scale isnt true in isometric

[acbarton]

Hey folks,

I know I must be missing something simple here but can’t figure it.

I’ve made a model in Sketchup at 1:1.
Clicked parallel projection.
set view to isometric.
create scene.
save.
Send to layout.
document set to A4 landscape.
set scene
set scale to 1:50.
print.
RELEASE THE SCALE RULER!
what should read as 6m reads as 4.9m
bugger.

Any thoughts?

Aaron

[RodolfoST]

Could you share the image?

[acbarton]

Super basic thing component as a part of a larger model

[Geo]

@acbarton

what should read as 6m reads as 4.9m

That’s about right … 6 x .82 = 4.92

See this topic:

Isometric View Help

I’m sorry if this hasn’t made sense, I haven’t been using Sketchp for that long. Perhaps you can help me understand why you are even interested in an isometric view. The several forms of axonometric projection, including isometric, were developed as a means to produce a pictorial image of an object as a simplified alternative to true perspective, back when it was prohibitively difficult and time consuming to draw a true perspective in most cases, although they were clearly preferable. The tra…

[acbarton]

Maybe I don’t understand Isometrics properly then haha I thought all axis were supposed to read true. Looking at isometrics because I’m a first year architecture student and we still hand draw in isometric. Was hoping to use sketchup to help me visualise what I should end up with.

[acbarton]

Gully, read you’re response again and totally understand whats going on now with foreshortening. We haven’t been tought that so I expected full scale. Cheers for the thoughtful response, big help

[Anssi]

@acbarton

I’m a first year architecture student and we still hand draw in isometric

I was a first year architecture student and I was taught isometric and axonometric drawing in 1974. There was a short fad of parallel projection views in the late 1970s (Richard Meier and James Stirling were the culprits) but otherwise I haven’t needed the skill since. How old are your teachers? 85?