topic Re: RESIZING A GROUP in Documentation

RESIZING A GROUP

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:34:56 GMT

I was trying to resize a 24 x 36 titleblock to 11 x17 instead of redrawing it again. I group the 24 x 36 and use the resize and the stretch tool but nothing work.

can anyone help?

ac7r2/xphome

Re: RESIZING A GROUP

__archiben — Mon, 09 Feb 2004 10:16:52 GMT

isid

you don't necessarily need to have objects/elements grouped to resize them . . .

the important thing to remember is that it will only work when groups are suspended!

this doesn't mean that you need to un-group everything: simply toggle 'suspend groups' using the button in your control palette (see attached), or from the tools menu (Tools>Suspend Groups).

HTH
~/archiben

Re: RESIZING A GROUP

Djordje — Mon, 09 Feb 2004 11:51:55 GMT

lsid wrote:
I was trying to resize a 24 x 36 titleblock to 11 x17 instead of redrawing it again. I group the 24 x 36 and use the resize and the stretch tool but nothing work.

ArchiCAD or PlotMaker? I hope PlotMaker, as titleblocks IMHO should NOT be present in ArchiCAD.

Your best bet in PlotMaker is Stretch - take stuff in the marquee, and invoke stretch command. You don't want to stretch the titleblock itself, just the frame of the sheet.

For grouping, follow Ben's advice - with the grouping on, seelct what you want, then suspend groups, do the edting. This is a general rule that works everywhere for everything.