KD0EM

I have CAD drawings of a 72" Deep V hull that I would like to size down to around 60".

Can I lay out all the parts on one large sheet and change the % of the X and Y access? Or do I need to do each part separately? Thanks for any help with this.
Harold

Tidnab

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Easiest way I found was to take the plans whether on paper or on CD and have a place that does scanning and printing on large machines to downsize or enlarge them. It doesn't have to be a printing place. I found a place that does geological mapping for companies and they first scan the plans then reprint them on 36" or 48" wide paper.There's a guy on here that goes by Hemikiller that does reprinting of plans and may be able to downsize yours. I have a set of boat plans that were copied off original older plans and they are of excellent quality.

dwr9

Any print shop should be able to resize them and print them, even Staples can do it. Doug

Hydro Junkie

I've found the best source to be a blueprinting shop. They can take almost any size and go up or down with it. I'm working on a gas scale hydroplane right now that was scaled up by 20% with no issues what so ever. The paper the resized plans are printed on is 30" wide which isn't even the maximum they can do.

Tidnab

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That's what I do. The place does geogological maps in a blueprint form and also in a more detailed colored form. I took plans of small r/c boats and had them scanned and enlarged and even took in a 1/10 scale thunderboat plan that I downloaded onto a cd and had it made into a 52" hull.I had to do some changing here and there as the 1/10 scale was electric powered and the 52" would be gas engine powered.

Hydro Junkie

I've had to do some redesign work on my gas scale as well. The size of the boat requires more framing than the original size does so I've had to redo some of them for new locations. With a little planning and common sense, it's not that difficult to do the simple alterations required