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When drawings are drawn smaller than the actual size of the objects the scale used is said to be _________

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When drawings are drawn smaller than the actual size of the objects the scale used is said to be _________

(a) Enlarging scale

(b) Reducing scale

(c) Small scale

(d) Decreasing scale

I have been asked this question in examination.

My question is taken from Scales topic in section Lettering Practice, Scales & Curves of Civil Engineering Drawing

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Correct choice is (b) Reducing scale

To elaborate: Dimensions of large objects must be reduced to accommodate on standard drawing sheets. It is not any physical instrument but a ratio taken between actual and drawing objects, the drawing is drawn small and this ratio is termed as reducing scale. Don’t get confused as reducing-scale is also used by surveyors for reducing chains and links to acres and roods.

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