Scale a part file in a perticular direction?

[adeshmukh]

Hi,

How to scale a part file in a particular direction (x,y or z)?

for ex. in x direction say 1.5,  in y direction say 2

Is it possible or not.

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[TomD.inPDX]

The quick way I know is to use warp, but that is not the most desirable way to get there.

You would use Warp's Stretch feature and add a Stretch to the List for each direction.

[adeshmukh]

Hi,

I heard some software have that capability.

In Part Modelling there is no way to do that.

[TomD.inPDX · Accepted solution]

In critical situations if the design element was tied to this in some way, it is easy enough to do with parametric associations that would easily respond to your request.  But this is something you decide up front.  

If the model is an import model anyway, the Warp feature will do just fine.  That is pretty much what other software packages do.

There are some logical complications if you expect full parametric scaling mostly in how to treat radii and angles.  If the model is already parametric, you might be able to start tying everything back to a relation.  Then simply revise a scale relation that will regenerate the newly scaled part.  This would even work into family tables or even display states.

There are several ways to manage uniform scaling, of course.

[adeshmukh]

Thanks.