Scale 1-D or stretch a 3D Solid in ACAD-2011 ?

[cfee]

Any scoop on whether there's something in AutoCAd to compare with RHINO's "SCALE-1D" command ? Its much like a "stretch" of an object, making it longer or shorter (scale larger or smaller) by SCALing it in only ONE direction! Let's say I have a rectangular tube that's 1' long, and I want it to be 1.5' (18") Long. I can copy and union it, but is there any way to scale it in that direction or maybe a version of stretch? I could extrude the end-face and re-union or I could make it a block and reinsert it with the y-scale factor a larger value than the X at insertion and exploding it afterward, but that's really not the same thing.

Any thoughts ?

Tks-

Charley.

 

[rollupswx]

Uhmmm,

presspull

solidedit
move face
or
extrude face

thicken

I think I would simply presspull.

 

[RockyChambersPE]

If you make the object into a block first you can change the properties of that block, including x y & z scales. After you are done scaling the object you can explode the block.

I haven't tried this in 2011 and is a bit of a work around, but it works for any object including text.

Rocky Chambers, PE MBA

http://www.rockychambers.com

 

[chicopee]

Extrude face as pointed out above. The tricks are to pick the face and dimension in the proper axis

 

[cfee]

All great suggestions- THANKS !