# Yellow scale box with off axis objects

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/yellow-scale-box-with-off-axis-objects/29650>\
**Category:** SketchUp\
**Tags:** scale, scaling, scaletool, offaxis, fredoscale\
**Created:** [August 29, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/yellow-scale-box-with-off-axis-objects/29650 "2016-08-29T16:42:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jagojc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@Jagojc](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Jagojc)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/yellow-scale-box-with-off-axis-objects/29650/1 "2016-08-29T16:42:00Z")

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My yellow scale box doesn’t align with the selected item? Sorry new to sketch up so may be a simple setting?  
 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/6/a/6a4a753fcc640a0af29317688e5729a13aec0f02.png)

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**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/yellow-scale-box-with-off-axis-objects/29650/2 "2016-08-29T16:44:06Z")

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The scale box will align with the axes. In this case it is the model axes. You can temporarily reorient the model axes or you could make a component of the selection and orient its axes to align with the sides.

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**Author:** ![Cotty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/cotty/32/251290_2.png) [@Cotty](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Cotty)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/yellow-scale-box-with-off-axis-objects/29650/3 "2016-08-29T20:13:06Z")

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Another possibility is the usage of Fredos plugin [FredoScale](http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=FredoScale)…

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/9/b/9bf9c83d3d94126d46b3d57fe3eaa657cb8ba373.gif)

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**Author:** ![Jagojc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@Jagojc](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Jagojc)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/yellow-scale-box-with-off-axis-objects/29650/4 "2016-09-26T11:46:45Z")

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Many thanks Cotty / DaveR, Fredo scale worked really well, thanks for the help, much appreciated.