Enlarging

I was wondering if there was any way to automatically enlarge some dimnesions. If I were to draw a 24 x 24 square with a 12" O.D. hole in the center. Is there a way of making the outside .08 larger and the circle .08 smaller? Other than redrawing.

Use the Offset command. Retain the new objects and erase the old ones. Done.

You could also use the Scale command. Do the math first to calculate the % increase in size.

And for the circle's diameter, you can use the properties dialogue box (ctrl+1).

Use the Offset command. Retain the new objects and erase the old ones. Done.

But that only let's me offset each part individually.

Allright I figured it out. I just have to convert all the object lines to a polyline and then offset. Cool thanx guy's

Where there's a will there's a way. Glad to hear you found the way.

Sounds like you could have used the scale --> reference command as well - particularly useful if you would have needed to keep the items as individuial entities.

Look it up if you dont know the comman. A very useful tool to me.