Resizing

[Anonymous]

First of all thanks for a great forum, it has helped me immensely!

Can I resize elements (say a slab) numerically and/or non-constrained? If my slab is 10m x 20m and I want it 15m x 20m, can I just enter those distances somewhere? Alternatively can I click and drag to stretch the whole slab but not constrained? At the moment I drag each corner point to the new location but that seems a bit cumbersome. I come from a very strong graphics background and am so used to clicking on a shape and typing in the size I want it to be.

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Henry

To offset the edge of a slab pick the edge instead of the corner node (after selecting it) and you get a few different options in the pet palette.

Hover over the pet palette buttons for tool tips to see what each does.

HTH

[Anonymous]

The "F" key cycles through the different options of the pet palette for non mouse control of which pet palette to use. The offset edge is quite powerful and I find I use it all the time. Placing a "-"minus or "+" sign after your numeric input will either subtract from or add to you current curser position. This is also powerful, but if you are using imperial units and entering a whole foot value, you will need to press the minus sign twice since the first instance is interpreted as a separator for feet and inches.