Scaling issue workaround?
I know this has been discussed in the forum before, but I don't find the thread anymore. Anyhow:
When I scale an object horizontally or vertically, then individual parts are moved, not scaled. This is, of course, not what I want. I figured that I can press Alt when using the handles, and then scaling is back to normal. However, when entering dimensions manually, then the issue persists.
What is the workaround for Xara's scaling oddness?
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What program? Can you provide an example?
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I think you are referring to Lock Aspect Ratio.
When this option is enabled, selections scale proportionately. When it is disabled, selections scale independently horizontally or vertically.
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Fred C
What program?
Designer Pro X11.
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Can you provide an example?
Unscaled:
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After entering W 1000px in the Infobar, then hitting enter:
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I'd expect the drawing to scale, but instead some unwanted magic is happening.
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gwpriester
I think you are referring to Lock Aspect Ratio.
No, and that's disabled.
The question is: Bug or feature? And is there an easy workaround?
Concerning workaround, I found that the issue does not happen when scaling width and height. Say the drawing is 1000×1000 px², and you want to change width to 1200 px, then:
- Scale the drawing in both directions, for example to: 800×800 px²
- Scale the drawing in both directions to 1200×1000 px².
Cumbersome, obviously.
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Scaling is proportional in both directions. Stretching is what you are doing when only one dimension is altered and the lock aspect is not active.
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Seems it may be related to groups; could you post the .xar file for your .png examples?
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first, what template did you use?
also, scaling, no matter how it's done will scale everything. going from 1000 to 1200 including openings and if not on a separate layer, doors, stair treads, etc. will stretch 20% also. no matter what, it's gonna be hard to stretch bits and pieces without affecting others
one thing you can do so it doesn't stretch from the middle is after selecting what you want to stretch then just to the left of the x and y position on the top change the origin position from center to the middle left or right block (kinda looks like a rubik's cube). then it'll stretch from that direction and not proportionally from the center
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Your illustrations do not show scaling. The eyes in the center remain the same size. But in the second example the left and right sides of the drawing have been moved outward as my attachment shows.
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mwenz
Scaling is proportional in both directions. Stretching is what you are doing when only one dimension is altered and the lock aspect is not active.
That's Xara lingo then. In other software, scaling is also in just one direction. For example, in Rhino 3D, there is Scale1D, Scale2D, and Scale3D.
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Fred C
Seems it may be related to groups; could you post the .xar file for your .png examples?
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mikeymopar
first, what template did you use?
I tried web, print, and photo.
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also, scaling, no matter how it's done will scale everything.
That's the intention, but not what Xara is doing.
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your example.xar stretched in width only to 1200 for me by entering 1200 for "W". height remained the same (1084px)
or did i miss something???
(and also, like i said, you can make scaling in just one direction by changing the origin point tho it won't matter if you're scaling every single object)