Autocad Scale function

[Sanghera]

Hi,
I have a vector outline of an object, but I need to scale it to an exact size. I can use the scale feature on Autocad, but it seems like I would have to guess at the actual size of the object. I can scale by a factor of 2 or 3, but when you need to scale to a certain size how do you do that?
Thanks.

[Al_The_Man]

You can use reference length, you pick a ref. length on the object and then enter what length it should be. I think this is what you want?
Al.

[Sanghera]

yup, after I posted this I figured that out. Woops sorry.
Thanks.

[Sanghera]

How exactly do you scale in just one direction? I can use scale to scale uniformly in all axes, however if the object only need to be scales in the y direction, how is that done?
Thanks.

[ger21]

Use the block command. Make it a block, then insert a reference of it. You can scale the block in one direction when inserting. Once inserted and scaled, explode it and you should have what you want.

[Sanghera]

Thanks Gerry, and Al.
Thanks.