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Resize Object

Anonymous
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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?
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Laszlo Nagy
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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.
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Anonymous
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I have a hard time understanding that. I have to export it out of ArchiCAD and into another app just to rotate it?
Barry Kelly
Moderator
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.


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Carstenem
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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)
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