How do I scale an imported object/component

[Anonymous]

I designed an electronic commercial product and imported certain objects, like well designed speaker cone into the body. However, the imported code is too small and I can't seem to be able to scale it larger. Is the imported component locked or what am I doing wrong?

[TrippyLighting]

Does this not work ?

[Anonymous]

Yes, I am unable to select the cones to scale through the route. All the local components are selectable for scaling, except the imported speaker cones.

[TrippyLighting · Accepted solution]

Lacking any other information, I am aassuming that you are trying to scale linked components within the assembly they've been inserted into.

That does not work.

Simply break the link. Then you can scale them.

[Anonymous]

That was correct, right clicking the component and breaking the link did the trick. Thanks

[MartinMajewski]

However, as it seems only positive scaling is possible. Shrinking objects down in size is not allowed?!

[HughesTooling]

You can scale down, just enter a scale between 0 and 1. So a scale of 0.5 will half the size of an object. If you are trying to scale using a minus number the part will  end up a mirror image. If you want to use a minus scale you need to add the scale using a positive number then edit in Parameters from the modify menu.

Mark

[nicoandres106]

Thank you so much!