topic Re: Resize Object in Libraries & objects

Resize Object

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 08:44:29 GMT

I'm not sure I understand how to resize an object in all three dimensions, equally.

Somehow, it just stretches it in 2 dimensions, but doesn't touch its height.

Any pointers?

Re: Resize Object

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:57:43 GMT

The resize command you are showing in your screenshot can only resize elements in the X and Y directions, but not in the Z direction. There is no command available that you could use for that purpose.

Re: Resize Object

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 23:18:20 GMT

I have a hard time understanding that. I have to export it out of ArchiCAD and into another app just to rotate it?

Re: Resize Object

Barry Kelly — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 01:14:32 GMT

If it is an object, does it have an option in the settings to rotate about the x or y axis?
If not then you can convert it to a morph, rotate in any direction in 3D (or resize as well if you want) and then save back as an object.
It will lose any parametric settings it had though.
So no need to export to any other program.

Some years ago there used to be an object that could call in any other object and rotate it.
It seems there is still one in the BIMComponents you can download if you search for "rotate" or "rotator".
I am not sure it is the same one I was thinking of.

Barry.

Re: Resize Object

Carstenem — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 23:53:21 GMT

just do as you did then OLD SCHOOL - select object open it and resize height. By how much ? Use calculator = current height divided by the number you scaled the x + y direction, as example you re- scaled by 33%. Then height x 0.67 ( 100-33=67)