Scale Problems

[Rudbeckia]

Hello All, back again When I try to scale a specific component in my model, my entire model changes, throwing everything else out of scale. Any thoughts on what I am doing wrong? I am scaling the component with the tape measure tool. Thanks for any help.

[remus]

If you use the scale tool instead you should have more luck, it looks like this:

Scaling using the tape measure is only for when you want to scale the entire model.

[Rudbeckia]

@remus said:

If you use the scale tool instead you should have more luck, it looks like this:

Scaling using the tape measure is only for when you want to scale the entire model.

can you use that tool to scale to an exact amount, for example if I know one side is 6', I usually just use the tape measure tool and type in 6', i cant figure out how to do that with the scale tool

[Simon B]

• or you can scale individual components in a file copy and then import them in to your model file - I was doing this last night

• or you can do some old fashioned calculation:

example
resize a 1500 length to 850 =
850 divided by 1500 =
0.566667 - enter this value in the Value Control Box when using the scale tool
to scale by that amount.

Hope this helps.

[Rudbeckia]

@simon b said:

• or you can scale individual components in a file copy and then import them in to your model file - I was doing this last night

• or you can do some old fashioned calculation:

example
resize a 1500 length to 850 =
850 divided by 1500 =
0.566667 - enter this value in the Value Control Box when using the scale tool
to scale by that amount.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for the help.

[Gaieus]

Also note that by using the Tape measure tool to scale a group/component only within your model, you should first enter its editing context (i.e. double click to edit) and scale it there. In this case only the group/component will be scaled.

To scale something with the scale tool with your example (one side is known to be 6') follow these steps:

• select the component then the scale tool:
• select one of the grips along the axis you want to scale
• press and hold Shift to scale uniformly (so that the component won't get distorted)
• start the scale operation (you can now release the mouse and the Shift key), type 6' (with the unit symbol) and hit Enter.
  Note that if you scale with the tape measure tool OR with the scale tool inside the component's context, the component definition will also change while whatever you do with it from outside, the "original" definition won't change so if you insert another instance from the Component Browser, it will look like before scaling.