PDS:Scale By Bounding Box

This type of scaling is similar to the Scale command, however it allows manually scaling a piece or an internal contour. On order to scale several pieces, use the Scale command.
This command enlarges or reduces the actual piece size in the X and Y direction by a specified percentage. The Scale command is mainly used when working with materials that have a shrink or stretch factor. This command is also used when digitizing a miniature pattern from another source (i.e. a magazine or book), and wanting to scale it back to its actual size.
Note: If the piece is graded first and then scaled, the graded sizes are scaled along with the base size.

Location

Mouse cursor should be placed over the piece's or internal's bounding box.

Operation

• For easier operation, make sure the piece's and the internal contour's bounding box are visible.
• Select a piece or internal contour.
• Drag the bounding box, until the required size is achieved.
• A scale dialog pops-up. Click ok.

1. Mouse cursor changed when mouse is over the bounding box corners

2. Note: even if the bounding box is not visible, scaling is allowed

3. Manually scale the piece

4. Scale dialog - Learn more

5. The piece was shrunk

Scale An Internal Contour

6. Select the pocket

7. Move over the pocket's bounding box

8. Scale it

9. The pocket was enlarged

Keyboard Shortcuts

• Ctrl – Show the segments (between two grading points) length as they change.

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11. Ctrl pressed, and the segments length appears 'online'

• Shift – Scale the object in a fixed aspect ratio (i.e the proportions of the object remain the same).

12. Original piece

13. The X scale values are different from the Y values

14. Proportional scaling

Related Subjects

• Scale