More then one person has said "Pro and Non are the same in the respect of scale" I want to learn and use all these tools that's why I'm asking. So if anyone I can tell me how I can do what they're doing in this video. Please scrub to 2:16 and watch how he types in the value and the model changes scale. Also notice the sketchup version in the grab bar "PRO". It all so says "EXPIRED" Maybe this is one of those beta's never to be seen again interfaces.

Dave R, I am sorry if I insulted you. That was not my goal. I'm just frustrated that the tools are not behaving like the tool I've used for over 20 years.

You said "You've already made up your mind about SketchUp without bothering to find out the truth. " Then what would you call taking the time to try it my self, read the directions, experiment with all the settings. Go online to search the forums. Join a forum. Make a post, wait for the post to be approved because I'm a new user. Don't I get any credit for all that?

Thanks, for that confirmation. A youtube showed you could scale it via text entry, that maybe Pro.

So can one scale an object to a precise size in non Pro?

Please disregard the following as a RANT
My experiences with sketchup could be summed up in one statement "What do you expect for free"

I've got to say the time I've wasted with Google products is amazing. I got an android phone and it has taking me down a disappointing and frustrating road. I'm managing a project with five people. We all have the same phone. I thought what a great time to use all the online tools from google to manage the people and project.

I started learning Gmail, Calendar, Blooger, Picasa, sketchup and the android tools and apps. The term "you can't get there from here" is my best reply. Did you know you can't share tasks in "Calendar"? Have you ever tried to up load photos from you smart "HA" phone to Blogger via Picasa?

This latest disappointment from sketchup on the lack of this fundamental function "scale". This really make my mind up on google. No thank you. Ether google is putting out free products that lead you to the pro version or they just don't get it. There was a time when software companies would tell you the difference be free and pro.

The only reason I wanted to use the google tools was the promise of interaction. Everyone could login and review, comment, post ideas and updates. They all lost interest due to the awful tools, slow 3g network and incompatibility between the applications.

Back to 3dsMax, dreamweaver, flash, photoshop, thunderbird and my own server to manage this project.

Gaieus and Jim thanks for your quick reply.

Sure you can change the dimensions value to what you want. But it dose not update the size of the rectangle. Let's say I have a rectangle 2'x 5' with dimension markers on it. I click the text 2' and type 6 and hit enter. It doesn't update the rectangle to 6'x5'.

What good is doing a 3d CAD if the values are not real?

Again thanks for your time

sketchUp free version not Pro question.

I've selected the architectural feet template.
-In Preference: I set Precision to 1/8, Units to 0.000.
-I draw a rectangle.
-I put dimensions to the x, y,
-now I want to scale it to an exact size. 54'3" by 130'
-I can't get the value I want due to the snapping.
-I get 54'1/4
-I move the mouse a hair and the value jumps to 54'7"
-WHAT THE ?????

So how do I SCALE to an exact size??
Is this possible in none Pro??