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The Scale Tool

Resize the selection by dragging, or by a factor such as 1.5 or 50%.

The Scale tool resizes the selection: drag its squares, or type a factor, such as 1.5 or 50%.

The Scale tool on a box: its squares, its size labels and Scale ×.
The Scale tool on a box: its squares, its size labels and Scale ×.

Using it

  1. Select what to resize.
  2. Turn the Scale tool on: in the toolbar, Object › Scale, or right-click › Scale. It has no key, since S makes the selection solid.
  3. Drag a square, as with the handles, or click Scale × above the selection and type a factor: 1.5, 2/3, 150% or ×2. Press Return to scale the selection about the middle of its bottom.

Fillets, chamfers and countersinks are scaled with it.

Leaving it

Press Esc, click empty space, or choose another tool. The selection stays selected.

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