Scaling Elements

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

Before you begin: Create the required 2D elements and internal and external constraints on them.
  1. From the Sketch section of the action bar, click Scale .

    You can first select either the geometry or the command. If you select the command first, you cannot multi-select elements.

    By default, the Duplicate check box is selected which means that the 2D elements you select are copied.

    Note: Apart from the Duplicate check box, the Keep internal constraints, Keep external constraints, and Keep original constraints mode check boxes are cleared, by default.

    However, after you execute this command, your preferences are stored and saved for the next usage.

  2. Under Keep constraints, select the appropriate check boxes to indicate the types of constraints to be preserved in the translated geometry.

    Following check boxes are available under Keep constraints:

    • Internal
    • External
    • Mode
    Note: The Mode option preserves the original constraints applied to the selected elements.

  3. Select the elements to be scaled.


  4. Click to indicate the center point on the geometry.

    You can define the center point from its coordinates in the Tools Palette boxes.



  5. In the Scale box, specify the scaling ratio.

    If required, you can select the Step mode option which controls the increments by which the scale value changes.

  6. Click OK to confirm.
    A context toolbar appears showing available constraints. The geometry is scaled.

  7. Click anywhere in the work area.

    Internal constraints and external constraints are preserved but revalued.



    Notes:
    • If you clear the Mode check box, the geometry is scaled without preserving the original constraints mode (driving/driven) as shown below.

      The constraints defined in the original geometry are driving constraints. These constraints are not copied in the resultant geometry (because the Mode check box is cleared) which shows reference constraints.

    • If you clear the Internal check box keeping Mode selected, the internal constraints are not copied in the resultant geometry as shown below:

    • If you clear the External check box keeping Mode selected, the external constraints are not copied in the resultant geometry as shown below: