I am just thinking of a tool that would help me… I wonder if anyone has come up with a tool which can be installed on the toolbar which simply scales everything x100 and x0.01? I know you can do this easily. With a few clicks… But I just wonder if there is a tool which quickly and instantly gives y…

The Dave Method doesn’t require scaling down.

Providing you create a component first, right? In which case, the request must be for something else perhaps.

Creating the component is part of the Dave Method so yes, the request must be for something else.

I currently work at 1:1… But if I do something where I start getting odd geometry (usually curves) I scale up by 100x… The only way I know how to do this is CTL+A (Select All) S (Scale) Grab corner Type 100 Done… And when I am finished, I do the same but do 0.01 at step 4. I just have this visi…

Interesting. On a point of order I think you must mean x100 and x 0.01.

Yes. And maybe another step, step 5. zoom extents Could this be done? 3d printing is mostly what I use sketchup for these days. And could it be done in such a way as to be called with shortcut keys?

On a point of order I think you must mean x100 and x 0.01. Good call… Yes… 0.01 not 0.1. I have editied my posts for clarity, so they are now correct

[image] jweaver: The only way I know how to do this is CTL+A (Select All) S (Scale) Grab corner Type 100 Done… And when I am finished, I do the same but do 0.1 at step 4. When you are resizing your whole model you can use the Tape Measure tool. draw a 1m (or cm or… ) long edge. measure i…

When you are resizing your whole model you can use the Tape Measure tool. draw a 1m (or cm or… ) long edge. measure its length with the tape measure tool type 100m (or whatever) click OK to the dialog box that pops up. I know that tip and use it often… But this discusion isn’t about resizing. Th…

Is there a plugin which will give a x100/x0.01 scale button on the toolbar

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simoncbevans May 28, 2021, 12:12pm 2

I don’t know of one but it looks like the kind of thing that a bit of code might do. I guess this is to use the Dave Method quickly?

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Is there a plugin which will give a x100/x0.01 scale button on the toolbar

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