Scale Selected Objects

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Scale Selected Objects

Scale Selected ObjectsAll selected objects will be magnified, shrunk, or stretched the same way.  A dialog will appear where you can input parameters for the scaling.

 

tog_minusCommand Prompts

None.
tog_minusBasic Procedure

 

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Step 1

Select Scale… from the Transform menu to display the Scale selected objects dialog box.

Step 2

The number of objects is displayed.  Use Pick Objects to add more to the selection.

 

Step 3

Select either Uniform or Non-Uniform Scaling and enter the XYZ scale factors.

 

Step 4

Pick OK to Scale the selected objects.

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tog_minusDialog Box: Scale selected objects
Scale Selected Objects

Scale Selected Objects
tog_minusNumber of objects picked

The number of objects to be scaled is displayed.  If more items need to be scaled, use the Pick Objects button.
tog_minusScale Units

This converts the units associated with the geometry to a different set of units.  Conversions can go from millimeters to inches or from inches to millimeters.  The object’s size remains constant, but the numbers associated with the size change.  A one-inch object will be scaled into a 25.4 mm object.  The units of the display view are not affected, so the object appears to grow or shrink.  When the units of the display are changed, the object will appear as it did before the scaling.
tog_minusUniform scaling

This will magnify or shrink all dimensions equally.  A scaling of 1.0 is no change.  A scaling of 0.5 will make the object half as small, and a scaling of 3 will make the object 3 times bigger.
tog_minusNon-Uniform Scaling

This will stretch the object.  The coordinates of the object are what are scaled.  This will cause an object not at the origin to move.  For example, if a point is at (5,0,0) and is uniformly scaled by a factor of 3, the point will be at (15, 0, 0).
tog_minusRelated Topics

Transform Ribbon Bar