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HOW TO PRINT A FLOOR PLAN TO SCALE

✨ How to Scale a Floor Plan ✨

Want confidence your design will work? It all starts with a scaled floor plan! Here's how:

📏 Step 1: Screen grab your floor plan (or scan a hardcopy) and print it at 100%. Use Adobe Reader for precise print settings.

📐 Step 2: Check the scale with a ruler at the scale of your choice. Compare room dimensions to their actual size and calculate the percentage difference (+ or -).

🖨️ Step 3: Add or subtract that percentage from 100% in the print settings.

💡 Pro Tip: Avoid working below 1:100 scale unless you have an A3 printer!

Now you're ready to design with confidence. 🎉 Designing to scale is so helpful and will help increase the accuracy of your property designs.

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