When you scale an object and enter an absolute size with a unit, that the object has that entered size. So far, so good. But I need a methode to reduce the size of the object by e.g. 4mm. I don’t want to use the move tool or the offset tool. Because the scale tool has more axis and more option i…

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You could draw a temporary guideline for this.

[image] mihai.s: s4u Scale Tools I tried that. It allows to reduze/increase the size along one single axis. That’s not far away from the usage of the standard move tool of SU. May be I have to describe a more complex task to explain my issue. I have a door at a simple furniture. It has, as…

Not quite sure, you do know you can type all 3 measurements? 49,2cm;79,2cm;1,8cm

Yesterday I tried FredoTools Box Stretching. But that tool does not offer a diagonal. So it is impossible to perform the task in one step. [image] Box: Not quite sure, you do know you can type all 3 measurements? 49,2cm;79,2cm;1,8cm That would be not fast and comfortable. You have to reveal…

You can use FredoScale Select the object and call FredoScale Box Scaling tool. Hover over a handle Type TAB The dialog box will show the dimension or dimensions depending on the handle chosen You can use formula in the fields, so you can type an increment, ex: ‘+ 10’, including using …

Now I found a workaround. You can use the standard SU tool “offset”. There you could enter 0,4cm. After that step you have to use Push/Pull to “carve away” the outside. But still it would bei nice to have a generall methode for the scaling tool, to reduce/increase instead of entering the resultin…

SketchUp doesn’t do calculations like that through the ‘Measurement’ box. It accepts scale factors and exact values (plus units), not -4 cm for say two out three dimensions.

[image] Fredo6: Select the object and call FredoScale Box Scaling tool. Hover over a handle Type TAB The dialog box will show the dimension or dimensions depending on the handle chosen You can use formula in the fields, so you can type an increment, ex: ‘+ 10’, including using units. That wo…

Now I see a mistake in my conceptional understanding. Using a diagonal for scaling, you cannot add a measurement for another line but the diagonal. So you have to use 2 steps, that means, you have to choose the plane of y-z and the plane of x-z. May be therefore the methode I mentioned “Offset an…

Scaling: How to reduce/increase the existing size by an absolute size?

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Scaling: How to reduce/increase the existing size by an absolute size?

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