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- 7.2.3 SCALE ENTITY
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- The SCALE ENTITY command is used to scale or scale and copy a group of
- entities.
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- COMMAND FORMAT
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- #SCALE ENTITY SCALE value [modifiers] :Ent ... :Loc x1 :Ent ...
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- The entities to be scaled or scaled and copied are selected at the Ent
- prompt. The location 'x1' defines the local origin for the scale transfor-
- mation. ( See fig. 7.19 ).
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- MODIFIERS
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- COPY The COPY modifier is used to create a new copy of the entities
- that were identified. The original entities are left intact
- while new entities are created at the specified scale and
- origin. ( See fig. 7.20 ).
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- Without the COPY modifier, the original entities are scaled.
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- .ACTIVELAYER When entities are copied using the SCALE ENTITY command, the
- new entities will be created on the same layer as the original
- entities. If the ACTIVELAYER modifier is used, the new
- entities will be created on the current active layer.
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- .ACTIVEDEPTH When entities are copied using the SCALE ENTITY command, the
- new entities will be created on the same depth as the
- original entities. If the ACTIVEDEPTH modifier is used, the
- new entities will be created on the current active depth.
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- SCALE Requires a positive vale defining the scale factor. A value
- of 2.5 will enlarge the entities to two and a half times
- their original size. A scale of .5 will reduce the entities
- to half of their original size.
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- NOTEXTSCALE This modifier is used to inhibit the scaling of text. The
- location of any text entity is affected by the scale, but
- the text height and width remain unchanged.
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- NODIMSCALE This modifier is used to inhibit the scaling of parameters
- associated to dimension entities. The dimension layout is
- scaled, but the dimension arrowheads, lead and extension gaps
- will remain the same. ( See fig. 7.21 ).
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