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- SCALE allows you to increase or decrease the size of
- selected entities by changing the entity data itself.
-
- Change the entity data by choosing from the following
- options:
-
- FULL - to change the size of the geometry, but not its
- shape. The entities are scaled from a defined scaling
- origin position by a defined scale factor.
-
- UNIDIR - to move each position on the selected entities in
- a scaling direction normal (vertical) to a base plane. has
- the effect of stretching or squeezing the geometry. The
- base plane is a plane that passes through a selected
- scaling origin position. The base plane is either
- perpendicular to a selected vector or parallel to a plane
- as defined by a selected view or a 2-D entity. The
- distance each position is moved is dependent on the
- scale factor.
-
- AXES - allows you to change the size of the geometry in
- three directions, one for each axis, from the same base
- position. The COORD: function in the Status Window
- indicates whether these axes are world or view
- coordinates.
-
- Indicate the method of transformation by choosing from the
- following options:
-
- MOVE - to apply the transformation directly to the
- selected entities. All non-geometric data relating
- to the entities is preserved.
-
- COPY - to apply the transformation to copies of the
- selected entities. Copies are created on the active level
- and retain the attributes of the original geometry. All
- non-geometric data relating to the entities is preserved.
- You can create as many copies as you want in one
- operation. The transformation for a given copy is
- applied to the results of the previous copy.
-
- JOIN - to apply the transformation to copies of the
- selected entities and create lines from join positions on
- the original entities to corresponding positions on the
- copies. The new joining entities are lines that assume
- all the current default line attributes. Coincident
- positions generate only one joining entity.
-
- Joined copies are created on the active level; all
- non-geometric data relating to the entities is preserved;
- you can create as many copies as you want in one
- operation; the transformation for a given copy is applied
- to the results of the previous copy.
-
- If you are using COPY or JOIN, enter the desired number of
- copies and press <ENTER>.
-
- Select the desired entities to scale, using a Selection
- Menu option.
-
- Indicate a scaling origin position, using a Position Menu
- option.
-
- If you chose UNIDIR, define the scaling origin position
- using the Selection Menu.
-
- Define the scaling direction by choosing from the
- following options:
-
- 2 PTS - to define the position using two points.
-
- KEY-IN - to define the position by typing in the x, y, z
- coordinates.
-
- VIEW - to define the position by selecting a view.
-
- 2D ENT - to define the position using a 2-D entity.
-
- Enter the desired scale factor.
-
- If you chose AXES enter three scale factors; one for each
- axis. The COORD: function in the Status Window indicates
- whether the coordinates are world or view.
-
- If using MOVE, you can choose one of the following
- options:
-
- CONT - to continue transforming the selected entities.
-
- UNDO - to reverse the move and return the geometry (of the
- selected entities) to what it was before the move.
-