With the Scale command, the selected object is scaled up or down by a specific factor. Enter the scale factor and the base point of the scaling.

  • From the ‘Change’ tab, select the ‘Scale’ function.
  • Select the object(s) to be scaled, and confirm with ‘Confirm’ or Enter
  • Select the scaling point. The objects will be scaled around this point. A typical choice would be the front center point. Click or enter coordinates to set the scaling point.
  • Now, enter the scaling factor. Then, press enter. To scale from mm to inches, a factor of 0.03937 is used. To scale from inches to mm, a factor of 25.4 is used. Then, press enter.
  • The selected object(s) are now scaled.

Example: A sink DXF file is imported. The units were in mm, but the sink will be scaled to inches.
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