These dwg files were created  to assist archtectural, engineering and mechanical engineers who use AutoCad 2000 (they were designed in AutoCad 2000 but can be saved in a earlier version with the proper Acad program).

The drawings are of architectural and engineering scales drawn to exact mathematical dimensions at 1:1 scale. The drawings can be useful to various designers who create architectural, mechanical, and engineering drawings (both 2D and 3D)and who would like an on-going measure of the accuracy of their designs.

The drawings can be inserted into AutoCad 2000 at a 1:1 scale (But not exploded!) and used to adequately measure 2D and 3D architectural, engineering, and mechanical drawings.

The architectural scale contains the standard 1, 1/2, 1/8, 1/4, 3/8, 3/4, 1 1/2, 3, 3/32, 3/16, and 16 dimensions on a standard architectural scale. The engineering scale contains the 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 dimensions on the standard engineering scale.

The drawings once inserted into a drwaing can be rotated to the correct scale dimensions needed with the 3D ROTATE Command in AutoCad 2000 (the angular distance between each scale horizontal dimension point is 120 degrees as on a standard scale).

I have found these two scales very useful when I use them to measure my architectural and mechanical drawings on an on going basis as I am developing them. Also, I have found them useful when I receive other drawings either on the internet or on cd and I need to measure the internal dimensions of a drawing. The scales are easier i found than using the DIST, LIST, or AREA commands of Autocad because as an inserted block the layers for each dimension were created seperately and can be turned off individually without affecting the scales needed dimension and the scale itself can be dynamically moved over a drawing to measure different points and locations on a drawing.

The author hope Autocad users find they just as useful.