Scaling to a Moved Grading Plan

If a plan has been moved on the digitizer, it needs to be rescaled before any data entry from the plan sheet can be performed. It is a good idea to clearly mark the locations of the original three points used to scale the drawing on the plan sheet. Earthwork 4D saves the original scaling points as benchmarks. There are a couple of ways to do this but they depend on the situation.

Benchmark Scaling

In Entry Mode, the Tablet Scale command under the Edit Menu is used to scale the plan sheet. Below are the steps used to scale using benchmarks.

Using Scaling Coordinates

Using the scaling coordinates to scale is another method of tying the plan sheet back into the digitizer. Unless you are more comfortable with this method, the Benchmark Scaling shown above is much more convenient.