bbudding Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 Hi, Part of my job involves me drawing roofs. I sometimes need to squash or stretch these 2-D drawings to show the roof from diferent angles. More simply - I have a 2D drawing made up for simple lines, rectangles and circles which I would like to squash or stretch along one plane. Not along both x- and y-axes. Any ideas? Thanks! Ben Quote
JBullseye74 Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 Have you looked at using dynamic blocks? Look at using the stretch parameter Quote
dbroada Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 or a standard block and use the properties palette to vary the X & Y scales. Quote
bbudding Posted November 4, 2009 Author Posted November 4, 2009 Yes! dbroada. Adjusting the scales on the block properties worked a treat. That is going to save me so much time. I was stretching each individual object and its location... I will have also have a look at dynamic blocks. Thanks guys. Quote
ReMark Posted November 4, 2009 Posted November 4, 2009 If you are still using AutoCAD 2000 then you will not have the Dynamic Block feature. This was added later. Quote
GE13579 Posted November 4, 2009 Posted November 4, 2009 A couple of other options- you could use MSTRETCH, or you could select multiple grips holding down while selecting them. However, I have no idea as to when these options were introduced? Quote
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