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Scale
Menu: Edit Icon: Short cut: Ctrl + W
Scales the selected model content
Performs an enlargement or diminishment of the selected model content in direction of the X-, Y-
or Z-axis.
If particular parts are selected within a model, the defined scaling only refers to the marked
parts. If no parts are selected, scaling is applied to the whole model content.
INFO: Using the function Undo, you can reset a scaled part at any time. You can reprocess the
scaling with the function Redo.
INFO: Scaling is implemented starting always from the minimum position (least in X, Y, or Z
measurements) of the selected model content. Thus, the minimum position (containing also the
Z-position) of the selected model content is maintained in case of scaling.
HINT: A separate function for the compensation of material shrinkage exists in build preparation.
It automatically enlarges the selected model content on the basis of definable factors for material
shrinkage (tab page "Material" in the machine database; requires VisCAM builder).
Dialog Scale
The scaling is determined by scaling
factors for each axis. They are defined
as follows:
Reduction: Factors between 0 and 1
result in diminishment
Extension: Factors larger than 1 result
in enlargement
Unaltered: Factor 1 does not cause any
changes
Scaling single axis
Defines independent scaling factors for
each coordinate axis.
Simultaneous scaling
Defines a uniform scaling factor for all
coordinate axes.
Scaling mode
All coordinate axes can either be scaled independently or simultaneously.
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