How do you scale properly?

[t_smith5]

Hi

I keep having problems with scaling meshes/bodies. Particularly when trying to scale them inwards/make them smaller. The figure always shows red.

What's the correct why of adjusting them? Is it something that has to be done in the Sketch instead?

Thanks.

[davebYYPCU · Accepted solution]

Model it the right size, scaling is difficult.

Select the face, right click, and select Press Pull to move the face.

If that fails, change the sketch.

Might help....

[t_smith5]

Okay, thanks for the advice. 🙂

EDIT: To be honest, Press/Pull might as well be renamed Scale as it does do the same thing.

[davebYYPCU]

In your case, Scale doesn’t / wouldn’t work,  

Press Pull did.

Two very different Tools, when you get more experience, you might retract that statement.

[Johnc911]

Push pull is actually more similar (or identical to) offset face.