Practice Exercise | Scaling Objects

In this practice exercise, you draw an object and scale it using the Scale command with the Reference option and grips with the Copy option. You draw a rectangle of any size and scale it to a specific size. Then you scale and copy it using grips

1. Draw a rectangle of any size:
   • Start the Rectangle command.
   • Click the first corner.
   • Click the opposite corner.
2. To scale the rectangle using the Reference scale option:
   • On the Home tab, click Modify panel > Scale.
   • Select the rectangle. Press ENTER.
   • Click a base point on or near the rectangle.
   • Right-click and click Reference.

     

   • To specify the reference length, select the object snap endpoints as indicated below. Notice that the software calculates the exact length of the line based on the two endpoints that you select.

     

   • To specify a new length, enter 2 and press ENTER.
3. Use grips to scale and copy the rectangle at .5 scale and then at .25 scale of the original size. Select the middle of the rectangle for the base point:
   • With the command line blank, select the rectangle
   • Right-click any grip on the rectangle. Click Scale.

     

   • Using object snap tracking, select the middle of the rectangle for the base point.

     

4. To specify the scale factors:
   • Enter .5. Press ENTER.
   • Enter .25. Press ENTER.
   • Press ESC to end the scale procedure.
   • Press ESC to clear the rectangle selection.

     Your drawing should look similar to the illustration below.