General Information

Note the Scale value in the Print Scale and Position section at the bottom of MicroStation's plot dialog. If this area is not visible, click the at the bottom right edge of the plot dialog panel. MicroStation defaults to covering as much of the paper as possible with the selected view or fence area.

Change the second Scale box to a desired scale factor, use the factors shown in the tables below

Increasing the Scale factor will reduce the plotted size of the elements. Decreasing the Scale factor to a number lower than the default value will cause part of the view to run off the edge of the paper. Be aware that data outside the limits of the paper will not be plotted. If you need all the data plotted, then either plot to a larger scale (with a different scale factor), redefine your fence to a narrower region, or select a larger paper size.

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Plans

	Design Scale	"Scale to" Factor
Imperial	20 scale, 1:240	20 ft/in
	50 scale, 1:600	50 ft/in
Metric	1:250	6.35 m/in
	1:500	12.7 m/in
	1:600	15.24 m/in
	1:1000	25.4 m/in
	other scales	scale/39.37 (ex. 1000/39.37≈25.4)

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Cross Sections

	Design Scale	"Scale to" Factor
Imperial	5 scale, 1:60	5 ft/in
	10 scale, 1:120	10 ft/in
Metric	1:50	1.27 m/in
	1:100	2.54 m/in
	other scales	scale/39.37 (ex. 1000/39.37≈25.4)