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scale/extend/stretch/lengthen/whatever multiple lines

scale/extend/stretch/lengthen/whatever multiple lines

theodore.macaulay
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scale/extend/stretch/lengthen/whatever multiple lines

theodore.macaulay
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I have a series of lines all on separate points on the Y axis, I can q select all of them with a single command, how do I then lengthen them all uniformly in both directions on the x-axis without shifting their position?

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atGK8NU
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Can you use the crossing mode in the Extend command? 

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Kent1Cooper
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Not after QSELECTion, but....  LENGTHEN, Delta option, give it the amount, and use Fence selection?   You would need to do both ends separately -- LENGTHEN with Fence selection will change only one end of an object if a single selection Fence crosses near both ends.

 

If they are all starting at the same length, and to be lengthened by the same amount, I have a SCALE-about-the-centers routine that could do that to all of them at once.

 

An illustration or sample drawing with before and after would ensure we understand what you're asking.

Kent Cooper, AIA
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theodore.macaulay
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I don't really see how that helps

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theodore.macaulay
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autocad line length extender.png

 

don't see that this screencap is going to provide any information I didn't already but if it helps explain there you go

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theodore.macaulay
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anyway I was underslept and dumb. I just drew stretched one line to the correct size then arrayed it. this was a non problem.

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Kent1Cooper
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The image didn't tell us much more, not showing [or at least not identifying] a "before" situation and an "after."  But given the description of your Stretch-one-and-Array-it solution, I wonder whether this is what you're trying to do:

Kent1Cooper_0-1706201121325.png

If so, there's a much easier way to do that than your solution.  I'm showing them irregularly spaced in the Y direction, which the much easier way can handle the same as if they're regularly spaced, but Stretch-one-and-Array-it would not be able to do since the Array part would only handle equal spacing.  And I'm not talking about drawing Lines at the end limits and Extending to them -- those dotted lines represent just "theoretical" or "virtual" targets in the procedure, not drawn objects.

 

If you're interested in the much easier way, write back.

Kent Cooper, AIA
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