scale

[craig]

Hi all
the part in mastercam 9 is to big for my minimill I need to make it (xyz) smaller by 1" I get lost after I get to the scale menu. Please help.


Thanks
Craig

[DAB_Design]

what are the dimensions of the original part?

[Rekd]

Xform, Scale, All Entities, Done.

Select position to scale around, (typically origin), Done

Do It

(From memory, I'm not at work right now.)

[DJPLAST]

Take the dimension you need to go to and divide it by the dimension that it is. You will get a number. Use that number for your scale factor.

Example: say the part is 8 inches long, you need it to be 5 inches long. 5 divided by 8 = .625
In the scale menu use .625 as the scale factor. Done.
I think you can have different factors for x and y, not real sure about that.

[Rekd]

Originally Posted by DJPLAST Take the dimension you need to go to and divide it by the dimension that it is. You will get a number. Use that number for your scale factor. Example: say the part is 8 inches long, you need it to be 5 inches long. 5 divided by 8 = .625 In the scale menu use .625 as the scale factor. Done. I think you can have different factors for x and y, not real sure about that.

Wow. Talk about a blast from the past. This thread is over 2 years old.