can a sketch consisting of splines be scaled?

[Scarecrow]

Hi Gang,
I have our company logo, i converted it to a dxf and inserted it into a SW drawing sheet. Then i copied the sketch which consists of mostly splines into my part drawing. However it's a whee bit too big. How can i scale down my sketch. It won't allow me to convert entities, or allow any sort of uniform scaling on the sketch or the feature alone.
any ideas?

Gerry Bolda

http://www.scatmat.com

 

[JNR]

You can certainly scale sketches containing splines. You cannot scale sketches with external references. I would imagine you could not do it if you had converted the entities either (or had any type of relationships to anything else outside the sketch itself - like even in the same part file). Scaling the sketch is not a separate feature, it just ocurrs inside the sketch (even if you close the sketch, highlight it in the tree and then scale........ Hmmmm......) That is why I don't think you could have any relationships to anything (well, hardly any)outside the sketch. You might try deleting all relationships in the sketch and then scaling it, then fixing everything.

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[PlasticFantastic]

I run into that kind of problem frequently. There are a set of icons in the Sketch tool bar that allow you to scale, rotate and move entire sketches.
Tools->Customize->and a pop up window comes up.
Go to sketch toolbar in the scrolling menu and in the window right next to this list all the sketcher commands come up, with a description of the command button when you click on it. The scale sketch command looks like two boxes diagonally opposite each other with an arrow/line? connecting them. Drag and drop this button into the sketch toolbar. This is a very helpful tool for logos.
I hope that this helps.

 

[SBaugh]

SW04

Tools\Sketch Tools\Modify

Tools\Sketch Tools\Scale or Copy

Regards,



Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[TheTick]

When you import DXF into SW drawing, there is an option to change the scaling of the geometry as you bring it in.

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[TheTick]

-OR-

put the geometry into a block and scale it.

To make a block: select the geometry (and text) you want, and then pick "Tools --> Block --> Make". Then, the block can be scaled.

The block can also be saved to a file for future use.

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[JNR]

Yup, like PlasticFantastic and SBaugh said, but I think the restrictions I noted will logically apply. Sorry, I assumed you already knew where the sketch scaling tools where. There I go again, making an ASS out of U and Me (well, mostly me!!).

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