Scale — Architecture
1:100
1:100
scale
One metre becomes 1 cm. A person is 17.5 mm tall, a door 21 mm, a 3 m storey 30 mm. Everything below is drawn at 1:100.
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Scale1:100
Subjectbuilding, car, person, tree
Grid1 cm on the model
DrawnAtelier AMOD
Sheet05 / 20
Person17.5 mm1.75 m
Door21 mm2.1 m
Storey30 mm3.0 m floor to floor
Car45 mm4.5 m long
01Converter
Real size,
Real size,
1:100 size
For a whole building at every scale at once, use the scale calculator.
| A stair riser 17.5 cm | 1.75 mm |
|---|---|
| A chair seat 45 cm | 4.5 mm |
| A person 1.75 m | 17.5 mm |
| A door 2.1 m | 21 mm |
| A storey, floor to floor 3 m | 30 mm |
| A car 4.5 m | 45 mm |
| A bus 12 m | 12 cm |
| A 10-storey building 32 m | 32 cm |
| A football pitch 105 m | 105 cm |
| 100 metres 100 m | 100 cm |
| 1 mm on the model | 10 cm |
|---|---|
| 1 cm on the model | 1 m |
| 5 cm on the model | 5 m |
| 10 cm on the model | 10 m |
| 30 cm on the model | 30 m |
| 50 cm on the model | 50 m |
| 1 m on the model | 100 m |
02The workhorse
At 1:100
I
What is modelled
Brick coursing and roof tiles are still modelled. A standard door is 1 by 2 cm and a person 17.5 mm.
II
What it is used for
The workhorse: most single buildings and facades, and the default scale for an AMOD Slice.
III
In the archive
The archive holds 10 models at 1:100, among them Banstraat, Boshoeve and Helpermaar.
03One figure, every scale
The same person
The same person
at every scale
Architecture
Model railway
04From the archive
Built at 1:100
Models from the archive at this scale, cut, assembled and painted by hand.
05The scale rule
Every scale
Architecture ↑Model railway ↓
06Questions
On 1:100
How big is a person at 1:100 scale?
A person 1.75 m tall is 17.5 mm at 1:100. A child of 1.2 m is 12 mm and a standard door of 2.1 m is 21 mm.
How do I convert 1:100 to real size?
Multiply by 100. One millimetre on the model is 10 cm in reality and one centimetre is 1 m. To go the other way, divide the real size by 100: a 3 m storey becomes 30 mm.
What is 1:100 scale used for?
The workhorse: most single buildings and facades, and the default scale for an AMOD Slice. Brick coursing and roof tiles are still modelled. A standard door is 1 by 2 cm and a person 17.5 mm.
How big would my building be at 1:100?
A building 20 m wide, 12 m deep and 15 m tall is 20 × 12 × 15 cm at 1:100. The scale calculator works it out for any building at every scale at once.
Your building, at 1:100, built by hand.