Scale Entities Uniformly Tool

In hsCADCreator, the Scale Entities Uniformly Tool facilitates entire entities to be resized proportionately.

Scale Entities Uniformly:

Activate the Scale Entities Uniformly Tool:

Find the Scale Entities Uniformly Tool icon from the Modify Toolbar (color coded green) and highlight it. While highlighted Click on the tool. The tool is now the active tool and ready for use.

Note: If there is a selection prior to activating the Scale Uniformly tool the Selection Steps will be skipped.

Selecting the Entities to Rotate:

This tool is a Stacked tool. If there is no selection prior to the activation of this tool the Selection Tool will become active and allow the selection of the entities that will be Scaled.

1.	Select Entities to be Scale.

2.	Press Enter to finish the Selection Tool.

Scale Selected Entities Uniformly using Mouse:

1.	Move the mouse and Click anywhere on the screen. This will be the Base Point from which the selected entities will be scaled from.

2.	Move the mouse until the selected entities are scaled as desired and Click mouse button.

Reset:

You have just Scaled the selected Entity(ies) in a uniform manner. The tool has now Reset and you can either continue with other tools or scale the entity(ies) again.

Scale Selected Entities using Property Tree:

To Scale the selected entity(ies) in a more precise manner do the following. Move the mouse cursor beyond the right side of the drawing screen to the Tool Property Tree.

ssUniScaleToolProperties

1.	Type in the Base Point point data into the "Base Point" 3D Point Property Field found on the Tool Property Tree and press Enter to accept.

2.	Type in the Scale Factor data into the "Scale Factor" Scalar Field found on the Tool Property Tree and press Enter to accept. A Scale Factor of 1.0 is the original size of the entity(ies). A Scale Factor < 1.0 will decrease the size and a Scale Factor > 1.0 will increase the size.

Reset:

You have just Scaled the selected Entity(ies) in a uniform manner. The tool has now Reset and you can either continue with other tools or scale the entity(ies) again.

Tool Options:

Escape (Esc): key cancels current tool and activates the default tool (Selection Tool).

Space: key Resets this tool.

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