Scale a Part

General

  • You can scale a part with a constant ratio, or you can scale a part by giving a separate scaling factor for each main axis of the part model.
  • If you know the distance between two points, you can also select these points and tell what the distance between the points should be.
  • You can scale parts that you have modeled with Vertex and parts that you have imported into Vertex.
  • You can later modify the scaling feature by selecting the Scaling feature from the feature tree and choosing the context-sensitive function Edit operation.
  • You can later delete the scaling feature by selecting the Scaling feature from the feature tree and selecting the context-sensitive function Delete.

Scale the geometry of a part model

  1. Start the scale operation
    • Select Part | Tools | Scale or
    • Select Import | Tools | Scale or
    • Select the context-sensitive function: Edit Model > Scale the whole geometry of part.
    • The program opens the dialog box Scale.

  2. Select the scale method.
    • Select Lock ratio to scale the part evenly in every direction.
    • Clear Lock ratio to scale the part separately along the three main axes
  3. Define the scale
    • Enter a numerical scale factor or factors or
    • Select Click to click two points between which you enter the distance.
      1. Click the first point.
      2. Click the second point whose distance to the first point you know.
      3. Enter the distance between the points
      4. Select OK.
        • The program calculates the scale factor and adds it to the dialog box.
  4. Preview by clicking the Apply button.
    • If necessary, you can still edit the feature data.
  5. Click OK to accept the scaling.