Change dimensions of object without changing other elements?

[baekat]

Hello there, I am a woodworker and am designing some drawers. I have finished the design, but now need them to be 8mm wider.

I am wondering if there is away to make the draw wider without changing any of the finger joint dimensions? If I use the scale tool for example this will change those dimensions.

The way I ended up doing it was using the gumball to move the side pieces 4mm away in each direction, then using the split tool to split all the front facing pieces. I then used the gumball again to move these split pieces 4mm away from each other. I then selected the edges of the split pieces and used the move tool to snap them back into the center.

Any suggestions for a better way of doing this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[wim (Wim Dekeyser)]

Hi Bea -

@baekat

I am wondering if there is away to make the draw wider without changing any of the finger joint dimensions?

Typically, you’d move the side pieces as you did and then probably hide those. Then sub-object select (using Ctrl+Shift+LMB) the sides of the front-facing items and move those.
-wim

[jeremy5 (Jeremy)]

@wim

the sides of the front-facing items and move those

Just to clarify, the end faces to select include the inner faces of the finger recesses, so: