Part Scale

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



Usage

 * 1) Select the shape(s) in the 3D view or in the Model tree view
 * 2) Click on the  button in the toolbar, or go to the  menu
 * 3) Choose uniform scale and set a scaling factor. -or-
 * 4) Choose non-uniform scale and set a scaling factor for each cardinal direction.
 * 5) Click.

Alternatively, the selection can be done after launching the tool, by selecting one or more shape from the list in the Tasks panel.

The Model tree will list as many Scale objects as there were selected shapes. Each input shape is placed underneath its Scale object.

Parameters
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


 * Placement: the standard placement parameters.


 * Label: label to be shown in the Model tree view (not available on Scale creation).

Task dialog



 * button creates the scaled object, and closes the dialog.


 * button closes dialog, without doing anything.


 * button creates the scaled objects, but does not close the dialog. You can then select another shape in the list on the bottom, and create more scaled objects. Clicking many times creates many many scaled objects.


 * Shape list: here you select, what shapes to scale. If multiple objects are selected, multiple Scale objects are created.