Larger copy of entities

konrad_dawydiuk

I have a project drawn from a photo . I would like to make a larger copy of the object as shown in the picture.
What's the best way to do it ? and how can such an irregular object be dimensioned ?

john_mcclary

Scale or offset, depending on what suits your design intent


inside the sketch; scale can be found under transform.
Offset is also a sketch tool.


after you extrude the original sketch you could 'move face' the outside face also. But some of the sharp concave surfaces may cause an error.

konrad_dawydiuk

ok thanks, but one more question. How can such a shape be dimensioned ? because from what I have already figured out, dimensioning is the basis of the project.

fnxf

konrad_dawydiuk said:

ok thanks, but one more question. How can such a shape be dimensioned ? because from what I have already figured out, dimensioning is the basis of the project.

I would not dimension it, since any dimensioning would be very subjective. You could fix the lines in the sketch if you are worried about them moving:

john_mcclary

For that shape, it's hard to say.

Maybe a point map imported from a csv? then run transforms from the points??

steve_shubin

@konrad_dawydiuk

john_mcclary

Yea, that works too

konrad_dawydiuk

@steve_shubin great thanks