The Scale tool (
) in SketchUp for iPad helps you resize geometry in your model while maintaining its proportions. Need that vase you made to be 50% smaller? Or how about when you find out a room in your floor plan needs to be 10 feet wide, but the rest of the floor plan must stay the same. In both cases, the Scale tool is your best bet.
When you activate the Scale tool, a yellow box with green grips appears around your selection. You can then use those grips to change the scale.
In SketchUp for iPad, the Scale tool has the following optional tool modes:
- About Center (
) - When activated, the Scale tool uses the center point of the selected geometry as an inference. - Scale Uniform (
) - Activating this helps make sure all of your geometry scales proportionately. This helps avoid warping your model when scaling.
iPad Input Methods for the Scale Tool
After choosing the Scale tool and activating any optional tool modes, you can use any of the following iPad input methods in either Click-Move-Click or Just Draw mode.
All Input Methods - Click or long press the scaling point you wish to use to scale your selection. You may release and then click or tap again, or drag and release, once you've found the right scaling point for your selection.
Pencil (Click-Move-Click mode) - Long press the scaling point you wish to use to scale your selection. Long press again once you've found the right scale for your selection.
For more information on using the Scale tool in your models, see Scaling Your Model or Parts of Your Model.
