Transform/replicate tool Resize is greyed out

[Allen42acj]

D Scott
I keep learning new things here that would have saved me time if I had known them sooner..
Things I have learned here work on other programs to..

Did you get the line resize?
It is basically the same as blocking first with out blocking it..

[WHirsch]

Just to clarify, as there are a couple of posts in this thread that refer to the lack of 3D properties as the reason that a line can't be resized via transform: It isn't that a line has no 3D properties, it is because a line has only 1D properties. Closed 2D entities, such as rectangular polylines, circles, and cad boxes have no such limitations. Shift selecting a line or arc tricks Chief into thinking that the entity has two dimensions, making it resizable.

[ChiefCanada.com]

Select the cad line, hold down the shift key and reselect it..
Now you should have the resize available in Transform/replicate.

Good one Allen. Its handy to have the resize factor available.
Cad lines can also be resized by holding down the c (concentric) key.

[Allen42acj]

Thank you Rob
Good luck on retirement..

[dshall]

D Scott
I keep learning new things here that would have saved me time if I had known them sooner..
Things I have learned here work on other programs to..

Did you get the line resize?
It is basically the same as blocking first with out blocking it..

No I didn't, but am I missing something here, if I double click the line I get the dbx and I can change the line length there, is that not the same thing

[Allen42acj]

Just try to shift select the line, then resize..

[WHirsch]

... if I double click the line I get the dbx and I can change the line length there, is that not the same thing

No, it isn't the same thing, but for a straight line the result is the same if you lock center. For anything other than a line, the resize option affects all axes. It's probably easier in the long run to re-size lines in the dbx, but the transform tool is the way to go when precisely re-scaling an entity with more than one dimension.

[ChiefCanada.com]

Thanks Allen.

[Allen42acj]

You're welcome Rob
Hope it is a very long retirement..
But you can still post here..