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==Usage==
==Usage==


# Optionally select the one or more shapes in the [[3D_view|3D view]] or in the [[Tree_view|Tree view]].
# Optionally select one or more shapes in the [[3D_view|3D view]] or in the [[Tree_view|Tree view]].
# Click on the {{Button|[[Image:Part_Scale.svg|16px]] [[Part_Scale|Scale]]}} button in the toolbar, or go to the {{MenuCommand|Part → Scale}} menu.
# Click on the {{Button|[[Image:Part_Scale.svg|16px]] [[Part_Scale|Scale]]}} button in the toolbar, or go to the {{MenuCommand|Part → Scale}} menu.
# A [[Task_panel|tasks panel]] opens.
# A [[Task_panel|tasks panel]] opens.

Revision as of 23:06, 12 September 2023

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Part Scale

Menu location
Part → Scale
Workbenches
Part
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
0.22
See also
Draft Clone, Draft Scale

Description

Part Scale scales shapes by a specified factor in all directions or by distinct factors in each cardinal direction. In the case of distinct factors, the shapes may be distorted.

Examples of scaling

Usage

  1. Optionally select one or more shapes in the 3D view or in the Tree view.
  2. Click on the Scale button in the toolbar, or go to the Part → Scale menu.
  3. A tasks panel opens.
  4. Optionally select the one or more shapes from the Shape list.
  5. Choose Uniform Scaling or Non-Uniform Scaling.
  6. Set the scaling factor(s).
  7. Click OK.
  8. The Tree view will list as many Scale objects as there were selected shapes. Each input shape is placed underneath its Scale object.

Task panel

  • OK button creates the scaled object, and closes the task panel.
  • Close button closes task panel, without doing anything.
  • Apply button creates the scaled objects, but does not close the task panel. You can then select another shape from the list on the bottom, and create more scaled objects. Clicking Apply many times creates many many scaled objects.
  • Shape list: here you select, which shapes to scale. If multiple shapes are selected, multiple Scale objects are created.

Notes

  • Points/Vertices can not be scaled as they are dimensionless.
  • App Link objects linked to the appropriate object types and App Part containers with the appropriate visible objects inside can also be scaled.
  • The task panel does not offer a preview, yet. Apply will create a scaled object every time you click it, which can be useful as preview; however, they will remain and yet another one will be created as you click OK. Undo can be useful to clean them up before clicking OK.

Properties

The Scale shape is defined by the following parameters, which can be edited after its creation in the Property editor.

  • Base: the input shape (the shape upon which the Part Scale was applied).
  • Uniform: controls uniform vs non-uniform scaling
  • Uniform Scale: the scale factor to use for uniform scaling
  • XScale, YScale, ZScale: the scale factors to use for non-uniform scaling