Alibre Design

Chapter 7 - Feature Creation‣ To scale a part:1. From the Feature menu, select Scale. The Scale dialog box appears.2. In Scale Type, choose About Origin or About Centroid.3. Check Uniform if you want to uniformly scale the part in all 3 directions. If youwant a different factor for each direction, leave uniform unchecked and type in thedesired values in Scale Factor X, Y, and Z boxes. A scale factor of 1.0 leaves themodel unchanged.A feature is created in the design explorer when the scale operation is performed.When modifying features before the scale operation, the model will roll back to theoriginal dimensions.7.17 Managing Features in the Design ExplorerAfter creating a feature it will be listed in the Design Explorer under the Featuresnode. Additional features will be listed in the order in which they were created. Thisfeature order defines the part's construction history.202