Transformation in scale

[honoluludesktop]

Can a transformation in scale be performed on a definition?

Where t is a transformation making a bunch of entities 12 times bigger:

#this enlarges my_instance my_definition = my_instance.transform!(t).definition repeat = false #this remains at the original size model.place_component my_definition, repeat

I thought the first line above creates my_definition of the transformed my_instance, but it doesn't. How do I change the size of my_definition?

[thomthom]

#this enlarges my_instance my_definition = my_instance.definition my_definition.entities.transform!(t)

[honoluludesktop]

Attached error message with the example:

my_definition = my_instance.definition my_definition.entities.transform!(t)

I looked up entities, and tried the following. It runs, but without transformation to my_definition.

my_definition = my_instance.definition my_definition.entities.transform_entities (t,my_instance) model.place_component my_definition

Have been working on this off and on, for a couple of days. Something else must be going on????

[Chris Fullmer]

To scale a definition, I think you have to scale its entities. The definition has to be at scale 1.0 I would guess. So to get it to be larger, scale all its entities.

[thomthom]

Sorry - posted in a rush - but you very nearly got there.
my_definition.entities.transform_entities(t,my_definition.entities)

(Avoid spaces between the methods name and the brackets)

[honoluludesktop]

tt, and cf, Thanks. Got it to work as follows:

my_definition.entities.transform_entities(t,my_definition.entities.to_a)

Off and on for 4 days, this has got to be the longest time I've spent getting a single line of code right. Hopefully I'm getting better.