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i have stickied/stuck this thread in the Tips and Tricks section, it will always show at the top of the section
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Old 07-16-2013, 10:31 PM
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I have used a simple program created by Frank Crenshaw called Scale Calc.
I have used it for about 10 years and it converts everything from Miles,Yards, Feet, Inches, Kilometers, Meters, Centimeters and Millimeters. And does fractions or decimals. It has been an incredible tool and works flawlessly and instantly with both inputs displayed silmultaniously. It is an older program and is an .exe, some virus scanners flag it because of that. I downloaded it from IPMS USA years ago as a freebee. When I do a google search for it's file name (scalecal.exe) all I see is people thinking they have a virus. It is harmless, I can attest to that. You can download it here. You will probably see a warning of some sort depending on what browser you use. However it works like a charm and is easiest of all to use, it works offline so you don't need a page for it. I have it on my desktop and toolbar, it will run from anywhere.

RailSimStuff.com

Another freebee called ScaleMaster, but a little more confusing is on Starship Modeler and can be found here. It is also an .exe file.

Starship Modeler - ScaleMaster Scale Calculator

Hope this is helpful, if anyone has a problem with running scalecalc I can answer questions.

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Arrow Scaling down or Scaling up

To reduce a 1:25 model to 1:35 : 25/35 = 71.4%

To rescale a 1:43 model to 1:35: 43/35 = 1.23%

Therefore, 1:400 to 1:200 = 200%

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Don't forget to move the decimal over 2 places to the right in the 43/35 conversion to get 123% instead of 1.23% for the size change. But you knew that, just a minor slip.
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Talking Just forget the decimal point!

Sceataux: You are damn right! Dividing Fractions: Mrs Munson's class, Oakenwald School , Grade 5, Fort Garry (Winnipeg) Manitoba!
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Red face Mea Typo. Mea Typo...

Mea maxima typo....... 43/35= 123%.

Formula is: A (actual scale) .43 divided by D (desired scale) .35 = 123%

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To reduce a 1:25 model to 1:35 : 25/35 = 71.4%

To rescale a 1:43 model to 1:35: 43/35 = 1.23%

Therefore, 1:400 to 1:200 = 200%

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I'm just arrived here and, looking around, I noticed this thread about scaling.
Perhaps I have realized a little tool that can be useful to simply do the scale conversion we often need when rescaling models or designing custom parts. I'ts a little Excel table in which you put the dimension of the source part and the desired scale of source and target part and you have the target dimension in the same unit (I hope you understand my bad English).

I would like to share here this little tool but I don't know where to put the file. In downloads section I see only model categories... perhaps it should be added a "tools" category for things like this?
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Old 11-27-2014, 08:56 AM
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...Wait a moment!
I've just seen I can add attachment to any post... so I can add my tool just here:

It's a file in Excel (.xls) standard format so - I think - you can open it with any spreadsheet program.
The file is zipped: you must extract it before you can open it.

It has several uses:
1) it converts a size from one scale to another (if you want to rescale a part)
Scales and resizing.-scala.jpg

2) it calculates the percentage of shrinking if you want to print in a smaller scale or enlargement if you want to print in a bigger scale
Scales and resizing.-perc.stampa.jpg

3) it calculates your customized part dimension if you know the dimension of the real object
Scales and resizing.-dal.vero.jpg

I hope it can help you saving your remaining brain cells... it worked for me! (...partially... )
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