7.2.3 SCALE ENTITY


The SCALE ENTITY command is used to scale or scale and copy a group of
entities.


   COMMAND FORMAT

      #SCALE ENTITY SCALE value [modifiers] :Ent ... :Loc x1 :Ent ...

The entities to be scaled or scaled and copied are selected at the Ent
prompt. The location 'x1' defines the local origin for the scale transfor-
mation. ( See fig. 7.19 ).


   MODIFIERS

COPY           The COPY modifier is used to create a new copy of the entities
               that were identified. The original entities are left intact
               while new entities are created at the specified scale and
               origin. ( See fig. 7.20 ).
        
               Without the COPY modifier, the original entities are scaled.

.ACTIVELAYER   When entities are copied using the SCALE ENTITY command, the
               new entities will be created on the same layer as the original
               entities. If the ACTIVELAYER modifier is used, the new
               entities will be created on the current active layer.

.ACTIVEDEPTH   When entities are copied using the SCALE ENTITY command, the
               new entities will be created on the same depth as the
               original entities. If the ACTIVEDEPTH modifier is used, the
               new entities will be created on the current active depth.

SCALE          Requires a positive vale defining the scale factor. A value
               of 2.5 will enlarge the entities to two and a half times
               their original size. A scale of .5 will reduce the entities
               to half of their original size.

NOTEXTSCALE    This modifier is used to inhibit the scaling of text. The
               location of any text entity is affected by the scale, but
               the text height and width remain unchanged.

NODIMSCALE     This modifier is used to inhibit the scaling of parameters
               associated to dimension entities. The dimension layout is
               scaled, but the dimension arrowheads, lead and extension gaps
               will remain the same. ( See fig. 7.21 ).