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    • grizzlerG Offline
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      Sorry if this has been covered already, but I did a quick search and couldn't find it.

      As of this morning I've moved from SU8 to the latest 2015 version, but within minutes I encountered a problem when I tried to scale a component. I grabbed the relevant point as usual and dragged it to the size I wanted (aligning with another point), but when I let go it just snapped straight back to its original size. I've tried it several times now, but I'm assuming the error is somehow with me rather than SU as everyone would be going nuts about it otherwise πŸ’š

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        • Dave RD Offline
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          That sounds like the behavior of a dynamic component with constrained scale parameters to me. Could you share the component that is acting weird?

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          • grizzlerG Offline
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            @dave r said:

            That sounds like the behavior of a dynamic component with constrained scale parameters to me. Could you share the component that is acting weird?

            It's a component from the warehouse named "Out-Swing French Door - Tuscany Series". It is a dynamic component, but I couldn't see where I could alter any constraints on the scale parameters, so I just exploded it a bunch of times and re saved it as a component which seems to have done the trick.

            Thank you for helping.

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
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              You need the pro version of SketchUp to edit Dynamic Components. They probably have the component set up so you can only choose the standard sizes the manufacturer offers. Perhaps it is setup to be modified from a list in the DC's Component Options window.

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