Rescaling a Shape

Section Maker allows you to rescale shapes that you have already drawn. The coordinates of the shapes are multiplied by a scaling factor in each direction to rescale the shape.

 

To rescale a shape or shapes

§    Select the shape or shapes to be rescaled

§    Choose Rescale from the Geometry menu

A dialog box will appear with two fields for the scaling factor in each direction

§    Type in the x and y scaling factors

§    Click the OK button

The selected shapes will be rescaled and redrawn in the Shape window