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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.
Lock Aspect button
With the Lock aspect
button set, the width/height aspect ratio remains constant
as you scale the object.
In other words, the shape remains in the same proportions as the original. It's recommended that this
button remains selected most of the time in order to ensure that when you resize objects they do not
become squashed.
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