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Resize an object unevenly

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April 21, 2018 05:29

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I've discovered tinkercad as the gateway to modelling stuff for 3d printing.   Mostly - I'm starting with something from thingiverse and modelling it.

And almost every time - I've had the same requirement, which I haven't figured out how to do - basically to resize only part of a file

eg - I have something with a tab out the back of it - and I just want to make the tab longer - or I have a box, and I want to make the box bigger or smaller, but don't want to affect the edges - or a figure of a person where I want to stretch the body without elongating the head.

Is this possible in tinkercad?

Thanks,
Darren

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  Christian April 23, 2018 16:14 Official comment

  You would need to have the objects be separate "pieces" or objects. On import to Tinkercad, the STL file is considered one object, so any scaling will affect the whole object. If you want to break it up, one option is to duplicate the object, then subtract the piece from that geometry that you want to isolate. Then you will have two objects that can be scaled independently, for example.

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  jay jay February 24, 2019 00:29

  This video shows you how to split an object into pieces.  You could split it, then resize the piece you want, then put them back together again.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SwSqROgLpY