Scaling Problems

[SlawsonEngineering]

I am trying to get a dxf of a decal design to import since the decal feature wouldn't scale right.  Now I am having scale issues with the dxf.  I extruded the dxf to a set thickness, but when I try to scale it non-uniform it says a surface is illegal.  I need to scale only the y direction.

[innovatenate]

If I unstitch the body and delete some faces (see the Patch environment), I'm able to perform the non-uniform scale. 

You could use the thicken command afterward to rebuild the solid. 

Check out the attached file for reference.

I hope that helps!

[SlawsonEngineering]

Which surfaces did you delete?

[innovatenate · Accepted solution]

There's a screencast uploading below that should help to clarify which faces were deleted.

http://autode.sk/2gzaBPQ

I hope that helps!

Thanks,

[SlawsonEngineering]

That explains it very well.  Thank you very much.  That was so helpful!