I’m not sure if this is a bug or if I’m doing something wrong. I’m trying to change the length of a rectangle using the tape measure. I can do this successfully, but when I change the width, the length reverts to the original. I had it in a group and exploded the group, and the same thing happened. …

Click on the square icon between the _ and X in the upper right corner. [image]

Thank you so very much for the above info. Now can you tell me how to show graph gridlines to appear?

There are no “graph gridlines” in SketchUp. They aren’t needed. But you can make them if you want using either construction lines placed with the Tape Measure tool or by making arrays of edges drawn with the Line tool.

Thank you so much for all your help today. You answered all my questions.

I am a newbie to SketchUP. I am trying to change the scale of the tape measure. For instance, I have a simple box which , using the tape measure, show it as 96 inches long. I want to change the scale to show it as 8 inches long. I have tried using the tape measure and then typing in 8" but it…

If you click with the Tape measure tool at each end of the 96" long line and then type 8 and hit Enter, you should get a prompt asking you if you want to resize the model. Does that happen? What units are you using? (Window>Model Info>Units)

Yes I tried that. When I click resize the model it shrinks the box to one twelfth the size I drew. The units are Format = fractional in inches and Precision = 1/64.

How about sharing the file? It would be much easier to give you a definitive answer if I could see it. [image] texasmac: When I click resize the model it shrinks the box to one twelfth the size I drew. It should do that. If the camera is zoomed out so you could see a 98 in. long object and y…

If you want to resize to 8 feet, type 8’, not just 8.

[image] colin: If you want to resize to 8 feet, type 8’, not just 8. 96 inches is 8 feet. He said he wants to resize from 8 feet to 8 inches.

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DaveR June 19, 2016, 10:50pm 19

@Colin, you’ll note he says:

The box was already 8 feet long… He wants it to be 8 inches long.

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