Scaling an assembly

Scaling an assembly

Scaling an assembly

Use the Scale tool to adjust the size of the root Assembly or an assembly in the Project Tree. You can scale the assembly in each axis independently, or in all three axes simultaneously.

To scale an assembly:

  1. In the Project panel, select the root   Assembly or the assembly in the Project Tree that you want to scale. The Assembly panel is displayed below the splitter bar.
  2. In the Positioning area of the Assembly panel, click the Scale button to display the Scale panel below the splitter bar.
    • The name of the assembly in the Project Tree that you are scaling is shown in the splitter bar. For example, Scale - New Assembly.
  3. To scale the selected assembly in only the X, Y or Z axis, use one of the following methods:
    • Enter the new size of the assembly using the boxes on the left of the Scale each axis area; or
    • Enter the percentage by which you want to scale the assembly using the boxes on the right of the Scale each axis area.

      For example, to increase the size of an assembly by 20% in the Y-axis only, enter 120 in the % box beside the green Y.

  4. To scale the assembly in all three axes simultaneously, enter the percentage adjustment in the All box.

    The X, Y and Z box labels are colour coordinated with the model datum displayed in the view. This makes it easy to picture how you want to scale the assembly.

  5. To scale the selected assembly relative to its workplane instead of the world workplane, select Scale relative to workplane.
  6. Click Apply to scale the assembly.
  7. Click  on the splitter bar to close the Scale panel.



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