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edit length
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 5:47 pm
by tspco
This is a tough one, I have an entity that I need to shorten 86%, using the modify>edit length, and it works on a simple line, but I can't shorten my entity which comprises several lines, it dawned on me that icad doesn't know length, from width, any ideas?
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:27 pm
by John Finlay
tspco,
Use the "Scale" command.
Select the lines and select the base point.
For the factor use .14 which is equal to 1-86 or a reduction of 86%
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Regards
John Finlay
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:25 pm
by tspco
I found out another way I got an email from a gentleman in Europe that suggested, saving the entity as a block, then when inserting the block adjust the X or Y scale as needed. Where the X defaults to 1.000 I simply changed it to .86== and inserted the block and then measured the angled entity in the horizontal axis, and it came to within .003" close enough for who I work for!