How can I scale a block by reference length in one axis only

[oneMSN]

I want to scale a block by two different scale factors ScaleFactorX and ScaleFactorY

The properties dialog for a block does not have enough precision for what I need. 

Basically I have a block which is 297x420  and I wish to scale it to exactly 210x297

I used SCALE by Reference length but this scales the block uniformly and makes one of the lengths wrong.  I scaled by X and now Y is wrong. 

Is there any way to scale a block by reference length in a single axis only?

[Alfred.NESWADBA · Accepted solution]

Hi,

>> The properties dialog for a block does not have enough precision for what I need

May I ask why you think entering a value in the property dialog is not accurate enough?

Whatever value you enter e.g. as Scale-X the exact number of decimal places will be used.

If you think that the property window does not show enough number of decimal places then please understand that is a display, not the value AutoCAD is working with.

If you set in the _UNITS dialog to only show 2 decimal places (and so the property window also only show 2 decimal places) then enter 1.275 as scale factor ==> the block will use 1.275 as scale-factor, even if it shows 1.28 in the property windows.

- alfred -

[oneMSN]

ok, my bad.

I must have made a typo when I used the calculator tool.

Apologies

It all works as it should.

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> It all works as it should.

That sounds great! ;))

- alfred -