Hi,
How do you scale an object without scaling it’s dimensions? ie, expand one area of a drawing to show details, but keep it’s dimensions the same. I copy it, scale it up and then use text block to write the dimensions from the original onto the copied part. There must be a better way.
I have spent a couple of hours searching for this in Help and elsewhere. Where should I have looked?
Thanks
rob
Well, this is normally taken care of via a layout view, where you can scale the details… However MacRhino does not have layouts yet…
What you might be able to do as a workaround is to select all the dimensions and apply the inverse of your scale to them in the dimension style. For example if you scaled the object by 5, apply a scale of 0.2 to them. In Windows Rhino, you do this by going into dimension properties>property overrides>advanced and apply a “length factor” of the scale you want. However, I do not have my Mac with me today and I don’t know if this is possible on MacRhino.
If it is possible, just be careful - this type of maneuver is somewhat risky; if you re-scale the objects, you will need to reset the property overrides on the dimensions.
You can also manually simply override the dimension text and substitute your own - that means going in and manually changing each dimension to reflect the true measurement, but it’s probably faster than creating a text block.
–Mitch
Peter, It is not the font, but the actual dimension I want to stay the same.
Mitch, If I reverse scale the dimes
I have attached a screen shot. I have copied and expanded the end of the slotted shaft (and coloured it blue) to more easily see the dimensions of the slot. However, the dimensions have also increased by a factor of 3. The slot has become 30 wide x 474 wide. What I want it to look like is the red one at the bottom for which I had to do the dimensions manually
You can explode dimensions to turn them into lines and text objects.
So, create your dimensions, explode them, and then scale everything up.
Brilliant. Worked a treat. Many thanks.
regards,
rob
Hi.
Can somebody tell me, if there is a way to set the scale of layout views now in V5.2.1. for Mac. I cant figure it out. Thanks a lot.
ivo
Make the object and dimensions a block. Scale as You wish.
When in Layout you´ve got to select the border of the detail you want to set.
Then in the Properties Pane on the right there´s Layout Detail > Scale. You could even lock your chosen Scale setting.
Hi msmr.
Thank you for your answer. Now I found it. Had to scroll down a bit.
Thanks a lot.
ivo
