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Rescale World Units Utility 53
Center Of Mass—
Displays the world coordinates of
the location of the center of mass for the object or
thecenterofmassoftheselectedobjects.
Create Center Point—Creates a point helper object
at the center of mass.
Shapes group
Displays information about shape objects.
Lengt h—Displays the sum of the length of all
splines in all selected shapes.
Dimensions group
Displays the dimensions of the object, as they
appear in world space. For example, if it were a
box with the created dimensions of 15 x 10 x 25,
and that box were scaled 200 percent, then this
group would report dimensions of 30 x 20 x 50.
Button set
New Floater—Launches a modeless Measure dialog
that displays the same information found under
the Objects, Shapes, and Dimensions groups on
the Utilities p anel. In addit ion, you can expand
the dialog horizontally, in case the values are too
long to b e viewed in the default dialog size.
Tip: WhiletheMeasurefloaterisdisplayed,youcan
viewthelengthofasplinewhileyou’recreatingit.
Clo se—Closes the uti lity.
Rescale World Units Utility
Utilities panel > Utilities rollout > More button > Utilities
dialog > Rescale World Units
This utility rescales the world units of either the
entire scene or selected objects in the scene. The
Rescale World Units dialog con trols scale factor
and whether it is applied to the entire scene or the
current selection.
Procedure
To rescale an object:
1.
Select an object in the viewport.
2. On the Utilities panel, click the More button,
and on the Utilities dialog, choose Rescale
World Units from the list.
3. On the Rescale World Units rollout, click the
Rescale button.
4. Set the Scale Factor to the desired scale. For
example, setting t he scale to a value of 2.0
doubles the size of the object that it’s applied to.
5. IntheAffectgroup,choosetheSelection
option.
6. Click OK to apply the scale.
Interfa ce
Rescale World Units rollout
Rescale—After select ing the objects you want to
rescale, click this to display the Rescale World
Units dialog.
Rescale World Units dialog
Scale Factor—Specifies the scaling factor.