Vector issues and questions

[myxpykalix]

I want to use these vectors to make a picture frame. It is set up for 8x10 but when i resize the vectors to make a 17.75"x9.75" frame my vectors get distorted (as depicted by the arrows). My thought was to cut my vectors, insert the longer lines and reattach.

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[eaglesplsh]

Hey Jack,

You could do the cut/insert filler lines routine, as you've already figured out, but there's an easier way to do it in PartWorks and most drawing programs...

Select the node editing tool (to the right of the standard pointer tool)

Click on the vector you want to stretch, the nodes will show up as black squares.

Drag a box around the end of your picture frame to select all of the nodes that you want to move.

Move the pointer over one of the selected nodes. (they turn red to show they've been selected) The pointer will change to a cross. Click and drag the selected nodes to make your piece the appropriate length.

[khalid]

I think you must use scale function jack... It seems you are scaling in a single plan..

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[john_l]

Jack, I am not sure what software you are using but in my design software of choice I would slice the original vertically in the middle somewhere and then again just a little to the left or right. You can then move the pieces on the ends to where they are positioned with your critical length measurement from left to right. Then just stretch the middle disected section to overlap the left and the right piece a little. Then weld it together.

Sounds complicated when typed out but I am pretty quick at it and find this a very accurate method.

[john_l]

Like this jack,


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[myxpykalix]

Thanks John...I need to measure my artwork that i'm making a frame for and transfer that to the inside measurement for the bottom and side pieces to come out with the proper size.

Sometimes i have the right answer but pose the question because its better to be right then sorry.
And when you have a bunch of experts "on-call" why not use them right? thanks

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[john_l]

Right-on... I am here for the same reason. Be sure to post a pic after you make them. Looks like a neat design.

[joe]

Jack,

There are several ways to go about solving this problem. As you described, cut and paste would work. I'd simply convert your design to curves. This will give you nodes. By selecting all the nodes on the end of your drawing, you can slide them in and out without any distortion. That way your panel could be 1" wide or 100" wide and the height would be the same.

Joe
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[butch]

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Jack
Just another way. I haven't made this type of frame, but have drawings for one. I think it is a great idea. I was going to use it for children toys.
But this is how I made these types of additions, when I want to change the sizes disproportionately. So I don’t have to remember the sizes of the ends to add, I just use the side I want to add. I make a copy of the ‘tab’ then delete all the sides but the side with the ‘tab’.
I make the rectangle the size that I want the frame to be.
To add the tab, I align the tab and the box, using ‘Align Selected Vectors’. If the edge of the rectangle is 6.0, then I move the ‘tab’ to 6.0 and use ‘Weld Selected Vectors’.
If I want to make the female tab, I simply align the tab to the box , using ‘align left/right and align top/bottom’ and ‘Subtract Selected Vectors’.

Butch

[bcammack]

Take that 45° angle and the notch and save it as a different dxf, then you can bang out simple rectangles of the desired length and do "Insert Block" to pull the 45 in, rotate it to the desired attitude and drop it onto the end of rectangle.

Save the angle section mirrored, too, so you can save that step when inserting the block at the other end.

Our CAD guys have done that for all the boilerplate stuff they insert when refining the raw digitized template of a countertop into a production ready CAD drawing. They've even got macros associated with buttons on a custom toolbar to kick off the whole block insert process for a particular shape.

This is with IntelliCAD, but most CAD software has an "Insert Block" function.