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Not the OP and unsure of exact market - but I'm going to hazard a guess that "not to scale" is because of the needs of the design industry. I suspect that this
by samspenc 9y ago
Not the OP and unsure of exact market - but I'm going to hazard a guess that "not to scale" is because of the needs of the design industry.
I suspect that this is the sort of thing that they print and put on walls so that the designers and developers can go wild with their designs and redesigns of wireframes for the product.
So if its on a wall, you really want it to be much much larger than actual size so you can see it from 5 or 10 feet away.
This is my guess anyway based on how I've seen product design teams work. Would be good for the OP to clarify as well.
- no_protocol 9y agoIt can be much larger or smaller than actual size and still be "to scale" -- the term indicates that all proportions within the image are correct, not that it is the same size as the original. At a glance, it looks like the product actually is to scale so saying "not to scale" is a disadvantage and will scare away potential customers. If it really is not to scale, it's almost worthless.
- samspenc 9y agoAh, so interesting! I actually looked this up; have a look at this on English Stackexchange (not the greatest reference, I know): https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/159821/what-do-people-mean-or-think-they-mean-by-not-to-scale https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/159821/what-do-p... It looks like some people interpret it as "not exact size" as well. For some reason, that's the context I got from this phrase. I can't remember where I first heard it though. Having said that, if I step back and have a look, "not to scale" does seem to imply not exact proportion, which isn't right either.