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Questions tagged [scale]

Scale is one of Blender's three transforms. This tag is appropriate for questions about scaling objects in object or edit mode.

Blender's Scale operator (shortcut S) is one of three Transform operators available in object and edit modes. The manual says

Scaling means changing proportions of objects.

Scale operations happen towards or a way from a Pivot Point and can apply to an entire object in object mode or to selected vertices, edges, or faces, in edit mode.

Use this tag for questions about the scale operator.

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Blender 2.8: units of scale, grid, and default size of objects

I have installed the 2.80 of blender and trying to make sense with the changes in the GUI and the mindset. Most of the changes I like; some of the changes I still need to get accustomed with. I am modeling with blender for 3D printing and am still…
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How can I scale faces without moving them?

I'd like to scale all outer faces of an object without making it smaller. So in this case I want to make the selected faces thinner(scale them on the x and y axis), but WITHOUT being moved to their origin. Or in other words: want them to scale to…
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About Scaling an Edge towards Outside

I have a mesh and added an edge around it to scale out to give it a little curve on sides(picture1). Normally when you scale the edge around, it scales towards outside equally. But with my mesh, it acts different(picture2). I just wonder if it is…
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Can't animate the scale of objects changing

I'm trying to make a sphere go from size 0.001 to 2.000 over a course of 20 frames. When I scale it in one frame however, it stays that way for all the other frames. I can rotate it, move it, but I cant scale it When I press i it doesn't do anything…
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Scale won't save

What could be the reason that Blender won't save a model's scale. Every time I scale and save a particular model, then re-open it, it jumps back to it's original scale. Feel like I might have accidentally enabled something that I shouldn't have.
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Is scaling to absolute zero a bad way to hide an element?

Usually if I'm going to scale a polygon (for duplifacing) or a whole Object in order to reveal it smoothly during animation, I set 0 value as a float 0.0001. It is still invisible for the eyes but annoying to setup in keyframes/drivers. Should I…
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What is the panel that appears after Scale operation and what is the command to display it independently?

After selecting a face and scaling it with an S operation, a panel appears on the lower left hand side: The panel is labelled Resize and shows the results of the scaling operation (in this case a scale value of 1.1 for all three axes). What is this…
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Only part of the object is being scaled

I'm trying to shrink a specific section of my design, which originally, I made like this: When I use the shrink tool, I get this: But from what I can tell when I open CURA, it's almost like I'm shrinking the inside and not the entire stem of the…
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Why does it change shape when i apply the scale?

I just noticed that the scale whas wrong on my canle. So i applyed the scale on it and it went fine. Then when i did the exact same thing on the wax it suddenly became a "muchroom". why does it do that and how do i fix it?
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Is it possible to join two objects in Blender 2.8, but apply scales to only one of them?

I am quite new to Blender, and would like to perform the following: I have two objects, a bar, and a basement for the bar that belong together, and that I would like to reuse in a scene. However, when I scale the bar, it can have different heights,…
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Scaling accurately

trying to create a simple platform like the one in the distant left. I extruded a 6000mm by 6000mm plane, then scale the top plane slightly longer to make that top protrusion. However, the scale tool only allows me to enter a factor of 0 - 1. I…
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How to scale by increment?

I have snap turned on and it works just fine when I'm moving an object. But is there a way to have my object snap to grid increments when I am scaling?
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Scale not centred on selection or origin

Scale not centred on selection or origin. I have an image showing this. Am I just not aware of a feature that is for some reason active or is this an issue? In the image the bottom half is showing the actual objects origin which is centred. And the…
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Scale locally in blender 2.8

I know how to scale along local axis (hit x or y or z two times), but how to do it in blender 2.8? Thanks. EDIT: made question more accurate.
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Scaling Dupliframes

Is it possible to gradient scale objects using Object->Duplications->Frames? I've tried Modifiers->Array however I get distortion when adding Modifiers->Cureve. I've read Duplicate object and scale across bezier curve with no success.
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