I'm trying to scale a sketch in one dimension. Somehow Solidworks was doing it before and I didn't even realize this. Then Solidworks crashed and now I can't figure out how to do it.
I'm trying to scale a sketch in one dimension. Somehow Solidworks was doing it before and I didn't even realize this. Then Solidworks crashed and now I can't figure out how to do it.
3D Modeling in SW is done 1:1 scale, you adjust the model scale after it is completely modeled if needed..
This isn't AutoCad where you always need to mess with sketch line scale, again SolidWorks is 1:1 ratio
Are you sure that you were scaling the sketch? Because I don't think that you can scale a sketch in only one dimension.
You can scale a body in one dimension though.
You can also "Stretch Entities" which is (kind of) like scaling in one direction.
When you use toolbox to create a part, the dimension appears to be big then you can resize it in the tools>options ... see below image
it's the only one I'm aware of
One workaround would be to make a surface from the sketch and scale the surface.
After that, you could export and re-import the surface so you could move it to the top of the feature tree and use it as a template for restructuring your original sketch.
What if instead of scaling the sketch just modify as needed parameters of the sketch (dimensions)?
Robert Schubert wrote:
I'm trying to scale a sketch.....
Are you using Sketch Blocks?
Can you attach an example file where this would be useful?
J. Mather wrote:
Robert Schubert wrote:
I'm trying to scale a sketch.....
Are you using Sketch Blocks?
Can you attach an example file where this would be useful?
Ooh, good one... I didn't think of blocks....you CAN scale those....but can you scale them in 1 direction only?
dimension in 2D dwg or 3D model?