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Scale using the FredoScale extension - SketchUp Tutorial
From the course: SketchUp Weekly
Scale using the FredoScale extension
- [Instructor] Scaling using the native Sketchup scale can sometimes work well but sometimes, like in the case of this door, it's scaling it in a way that we don't want. It's distorting the trim around this door to make the trim wider than the trim on the top and the bottom. Similarly in this cabinet here, if I use the scale tool we're getting trim that's growing in width and we just kind of want to keep the proportion of this trim but still grow the scale of this cabinet. So to avoid that, we're going to use an extension called Fredoscale that will help us keep the proportion in place while scaling it in depth and height and width. So hop over to the extension warehouse. And we're going to type in Fredoscale, all one word. And then search. The top of the list, Fredoscale by Fredo6. So we're going to go ahead and install this extension but it actually requires a few extra steps. So first do a normal install. Yes we'd like…
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- Sofa.skp.zip
- Template.skp.zip
- MissingFaces.skp.zip
- KitchenSlow.skp.zip
- Kitchen.skp.zip
- FloorPlan.png.zip
- Scale.skp.zip
- KitchenSink.skp.zip
- LivingRoom.skp.zip
- KitchenCabinet.zip
- Color.png.zip
- AngledAxis.zip
- Divide.zip
- PasteinPlace.zip
- Fireplace.zip
- FireplaceMaterial.zip
- Kitchen.zip
- Artwork.zip
- Shell.zip
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Tips for tracing floor plans efficiently6m 55s
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Creating an opening for a sink4m 52s
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Building a detailed kitchen cabinet8m 34s
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Scale using the FredoScale extension6m
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Creating a framed out-of-perspective image of artwork4m 49s
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Seeing more in a small space3m 38s
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Show two different options in the same space4m 16s
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Measuring and drawing stairs5m 51s
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Divide function1m 12s
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Paste in place1m 44s
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Align view to face1m 8s
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