scale

Hello

sorry for this maybe easy question..
How can I change scale in x- and in y- direction in AUTOCAD. It is generally
possible?

thanks
Piotr

 

Create a block of the objects you wish to scale in this manner, then INSERT
the block with your desired x and y scales. If you don't wish the objects to
remain as a block, then EXPLODE.
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Note that, irritatingly, exploding non-uniform blocks converts
polylines to lines. Also, you can't select intersection points on
unexploded, non-uniform blocks. However, this is still a great way of
planning staircases.

 

Paul is correct.
More info:
On existing blocks, you can use the Properties palette to change their
X, Y, and even Z, scale.

This can only be done with blocks. You can't draw in one scale and
have the aspect ratio of your drawing come out skewed. You can have
the global scale of your output come out to a different scale factor
with Viewports in your Layouts by Zooming in the Viewport to a scale
factor "XP". For example: Half-size output requires a scale factor
in the viewport of 0.5xp.


Bill DeShawn
http://ny.sterling.net/~bdeshawn

 

OK. That needs some explaining.

 

There is another method which I don't often recommend:

If the drawing is 2D, you can rotate the objects to be scaled about the x
axis, which, when viewed in WCS, has the effect of foreshortening them in
the y direction (or vice versa). Of course, this introduces a whole family
of errors dealing with "not in the current UCS..."
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A little off topic... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321379

 

That's a great idea, and to go one step further you could then Flatten the
drawing.

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