Stretching in AutoCAD on an Angle

Hi all.

Here's a problem I can't seem to find a solution to, hoping someone here can
help. I want to stretch an item I have drawn on an angle using x,y numbers.
I turn my UCS to the angle i.e. 15 degrees. I then want to stretch my item
in the x plain 30mm, so I click stretch, pick the objects I want to stretch
and then feed in amount I want to stretch 30, 0. 30mm in the x plain and 0mm
in the y plain. What happens then is it does stretch my item 30,0 but it
does it as if the UCS was still in the typical x plain horizontal to the
screen plain, yet if I do the same thing with copy or move, it works, but
stretching doesn't.

Any ideas anyone??

Ta.

Regards,

René

 

After issuing the STRETCH command and selecting your objects, pick an
arbitrary basepoint, then use the notation @30,0 for the displacement.
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Enter 30, NOT "30,0."

 

Correct, because CAD is assuming you mean the 30,0 coordinate I do believe

 

type UCS then Z then 15

push F3 (or turn ORTHO ON)

enter STRETCH and window objects to stretch ( or just use GRIPS - it's so much easier)

move cursor in direction of stretch

type 30 and hit enter


garth.