matt4 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I need the overall dimensions to be 40mm not 80mm! Is there a way to chop this down or something? Without having to draw the whole thing again? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipsophrenic Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 is it just the length? Do you need ti keep the current width? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 You could use the STRETCH command to shrink the total length. The command is bi-directional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt4 Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 Hi, Yup, Its just the length. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipsophrenic Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Matt4 I was going to suggest the STRETCH command but . . . . Remark you beat me too it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt4 Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 Thanks, I will try the stretch command. Within seconds of that post! Tehee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Faster than a speeding snail. Matt: Be careful with the STRETCH command. It requires a crossing window be used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt4 Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 Okay, Thanks Can you go through the steps on how to do this? I cannot get it to work correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Best bet and probably the quickest...look in AutoCAD Help. I'd outline the steps now but I got an appointment I must keep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 matt: Did you figure it out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strix Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 did you draw it or is it in a drawing you've been given? if it's in a drawing you've been given, check it isn't a block before you make a start on it Left click on it, and if the whole thing goes dotted, it's a block and won't stretch, but there are ways to deal with that if necessary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt4 Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 Hi, I think its a scale issue. I have drawn another component and the dimensions should be 45.5mm but are 91mm. So it's doubling up. The component needs to be twice full size. Whats going wrong? The dimensions need to be correct. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 are you relying on the dimension to tell you the length or have you tried the DIST command too? If you have just drawn it 80mm long that is what it must be. If that then displays 160 when you dimension it you have a problem with your dimension style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipsophrenic Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 what u got u're units set up to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt4 Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 are you relying on the dimension to tell you the length or have you tried the DIST command too? If you have just drawn it 80mm long that is what it must be. If that then displays 160 when you dimension it you have a problem with your dimension style. Hi, The dist command shows this - Component 1 should be 40mm Command: dist Specify first point: Specify second point: Distance = 80.0024, Angle in XY Plane = 0, Angle from XY Plane = 0 Delta X = 80.0000, Delta Y = 0.6250, Delta Z = 0.0000 and for component 2 Should be 45.5mm Command: dist Specify first point: Specify second point: Distance = 91.3189, Angle in XY Plane = 355, Angle from XY Plane = 0 Delta X = 91.0000, Delta Y = -7.6250, Delta Z = 0.0000 what u got u're units set up to? What units do you mean? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strix Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 why does the y have a value if you're only taking a distance for a horizontal component? is that intentional? is the UCS skewed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 how did you draw it? If I draw a component that is meant to be 40mm long that is what I get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipsophrenic Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 What units do you mean? Thanks Type in units and what does the dialogue box come up with? This is what I've got mine set to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dipali Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 select the whole thing & scale it down by .5 (scale factor) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt4 Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 The UCS is probably screwed. I don't exactly remember how to edit the UCS. I drew it using relative coordinates. However the first component wasn't drawn using that method. Units dialog is below: If I scale it down to .5 is it still scaled to A4? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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