Scaling Elements

You can resize the entire profile to the dimension you specify using the Scale command.

Before you begin:

Create an elongated hole and a construction line parallel to its axis.

  1. Click Scale in the Operation toolbar (Transformation sub-toolbar). You can first select either the geometry or the icon. If you select the icon first, you cannot multi-select elements.

  2. Select the elements to be scaled.



  3. Click to indicate the center point on the geometry. You can define the center point from its coordinates in the Sketch tools toolbar fields.



  4. In the Scale Definition dialog box, type 2 as the scale value you want. Step mode controls the increments by which scale values change.



  5. Clear the Duplicate mode check box.

  6. Click OK to confirm. The geometry has been scaled. Internal constraints are preserved but revalued. As for external constraints:


    • geometric constraints are deleted.
    • dimensional constraints are modified and revalued