PARAMETRICSCALE command

Defines a parameter to be used by a scale operation on entities of a parametric block.

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Alias: PSCALE

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Allows you to scale entities in a block.

Select the base point of displacement, the second point of displacement and the entities which can be affected by the operation.

Note: The command works similarly to the PARAMETRICSTRETCH command, whose workflow is described in the article 2D parametric blocks.

Base point of displacement: Allows you to select a location point for the origin of the scale vector.

Second point of displacement: Allows you to select a location point for the head of the scale vector.

Select/deselect entities which can be affected by the operation: Allows you to edit the selection of entities to be affected by the scale operation. All selected entities will be highlighted.

change Linked behavior: Allows you to decide whether the selected entities will follow operation definition points when adjusted by other operations. The OFf option corresponding to the not linked behavior is set as default for newly created parametric operations. Select ON to set the behavior as linked.

Note: Scale operations can affect and can be affected by any type of other operations.

Enter name for the operation parameter: Allows you to give a name to the scale parameter. The default name is Scale.
The block entities that were selected will have their dimension adjusted according to the new value of the scale parameter.

The appearance of the block can be controlled by changing the value of the parameter associated with the operation:

Select the parametric block and drag the parameter's grip point (hover the cursor over the grip point to display the current value of the parameter).
Access this parameter in the Parameters Manager panel / Mechanical Browser panel.

Note: Use the PARAMETRICSCALEEDIT command to edit a scale operation.

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The parametric block operation geometries are visible by default after these are created, but hidden when opening a drawing that contains parametric blocks. Use the PBLOCKOPERATIONSDISPLAY command to hide/show the parametric block operation geometries.
The visualization of the parametric operation geometries when hovering the cursor over parametric block references is controlled by the PBLOCKREFERENCEOPERATIONSVISUALIZATION system variable (Off by default).