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Scaling (resizing) objects
This is part of the SELECTOR TOOL.
Scale Line Widths button
The SCALE LINE WIDTHS button on the SELECTOR TOOL infobar is used in many
operations where the width and height of the selected objects are important. It
controls whether the line attributes (not just line widths) are taken into account when
working out the size and position of the selected object(s).
With the SCALE LINE WIDTHS button set, scaling an object also
scales its line widths. With this button unset, line widths remain
unchanged.
You can toggle this button during drags by clicking "/" on the numeric keypad.
If you have a rectangle with a 4 pixel line width, as you turn
SCALE LINE WIDTHS on
and off you'll see that the X, Y W And H fields in the
SELECTOR TOOL change as the
effects of the line width are included and excluded.
The following features are affected by
SCALE LINE WIDTHS:
• Position and size as reported on the
SELECTOR TOOL infobar XYWH fields
• Changing position and size by entering values into the infobar XYWH fields
• Changing size by entering values in the W% H% fields
• Scaling/stretching objects by dragging in the Selector tool
• Alignment
• Snapping
The line attributes that are taken into account when
SCALE LINE WIDTHS is turned on
are:
• Line width
• End caps
• Join type
• Dash pattern
• Arrowheads
• Brush style
• Stroke type (inc. variable width strokes)
In general, if you are interested in the visual positions of objects you should turn
SCALE
LINE WIDTHS
on. If you're interested in the exact positions of lines (e.g. where the
centers of lines are, as is typical in technical drawings) then you should turn
SCALE
LINE WIDTHS
off.