Transforming Geometry by Scaling

This task shows you how to transform geometry by means of a scaling operation.

Open the Transform1.CATPart document.

Click the Scaling icon .

The Scaling Definition dialog box appears.

Select the element to be transformed by scaling.
Select the scaling reference point, plane or planar surface.
Specify the scaling ratio by entering a value or using the Drag manipulator.

The figure below illustrates the resulting scaled element when the plane is used as reference element (ratio = 2).

The figure below illustrates the resulting scaled element when the point is used as reference element (ratio = 2).

Click OK to create the scaled element.

The element (identified as Scaling.xxx) is added to the specification tree.

The original element is unchanged.

Use the Repeat object after OK checkbox to create several scaled surfaces, each separated from the initial surface by a multiple of the initial Ratio value.
Simply indicate in the Object Repetition dialog box the number of instances that should be created and click OK.

You can perform a scaling operation on several elements at a time. In this case, refer to Editing a List of Elements to find out how to display and manage the list of selected elements.