# Using scale tool when authoring live components

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/using-scale-tool-when-authoring-live-components/342524>\
**Category:** Trimble Creator (Beta)\
**Created:** [November 28, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/using-scale-tool-when-authoring-live-components/342524 "2025-11-28T15:32:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![pyroluna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/pyroluna/32/5120_2.png) [@pyroluna](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/pyroluna)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/using-scale-tool-when-authoring-live-components/342524/1 "2025-11-28T15:32:05Z")

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I’m trying to understand how the scale handles work when authoring a live component. The basic activation of the tool handles is easy enough… just right click an input and activate it as “set size X” …or Y or Z. But the bounding box of my scale tool does not align with the bounding box of my component. Can anyone shed some mathemagical light on this topic?

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**Author:** ![pyroluna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/pyroluna/32/5120_2.png) [@pyroluna](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/pyroluna)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/using-scale-tool-when-authoring-live-components/342524/2 "2025-12-01T19:02:46Z")

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Ah well. Seems I’m the only one interested in this for now…  
I found my answer in the documentation, in case anyone is searching for it later:

> **[Size frame - Trimble Creator Node Documentation](https://polite-dune-0e6373c03.2.azurestaticapps.net/concepts/GeneralConcepts/sizeFrame.html#bound-axes)**

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**Author:** ![cam\_wells\_materia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@cam\_wells\_materia](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/cam_wells_materia)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/using-scale-tool-when-authoring-live-components/342524/3 "2025-12-01T20:42:23Z")

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Hey @pyroluna! Good to see you found the docs to get what you need - it’s been on my to-do list to make a post here on the topic, but I haven’t gotten around to it just yet.

Let me know if you need any help on it, or if you have any thoughts on it in general!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/2/f2a121500b085ed60806607a82720b092d800bb3.png) [@system](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/using-scale-tool-when-authoring-live-components/342524/4 "2026-01-15T22:01:59Z")

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