Scale

Select entities to scale

Chooses the entities to be resized:

• Use any selection method
• Enter all to select all entities in the drawing
• Press Enter to end entity selection, and carry on

Base point

Specifies the base point, the point from which the entities "grow" or "shrink":

• Pick a point in the drawing
• Enter x,y,z coordinates

Use entity snap to pick a geometric feature accurately.

Scale factor

Specifies the scale factor:

• Enter a number smaller than 1 to shrink the entities
• Enter 1 to leave the entities the same size (black in the figure below)
• Enter a number larger than 1 to make the entities larger (green, in the figure below)
• Enter a negative number to scale the entities in the negative direction (red, in the figure)

Copy

Scales a copy of the selection set, leaving the original entities intact.

Reference

Resizes entities using a base or reference scale; prompts you:

1. Reference scale <1> - (enter a scale factor, or pick two points.)

2. New scale <1> - (enter the new scale factor.)

Use this option to scale entities relative to other entities. For example, pick two points on an existing entity; when you pick two points, BricsCAD prompts you:

Second point - (pick another point.)

This command normally scales from a base factor of 1.