Scaling object without scaling the gap in-between

Arne Vermeulen

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    • December 12, 2014 at 6:44 am #72202
      Arne Vermeulen
      Member

      Hi,

      i think i once came over a shortcut that was very handy and it this:
      – you select a group of objects with a gap of 5mm (for example) between those objects
      – when selected, you use that ‘shortcut’ to scale those objects, but the gap remains 5 mm

      Does any one know that shortcut?

      thx
      Arne

    • December 12, 2014 at 7:15 am #72204
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      So the object on the left scales to the right and the object on the right scales to the left? I have never seen that, sorry.

    • December 13, 2014 at 3:08 am #72220
      Arne Vermeulen
      Member

      Hi David, thanx for the quick reply.
      That’s not exactly what i mean.
      Can i send you a PDF with a example of what i’m trying to explain?

      regards

    • December 13, 2014 at 9:04 am #72221
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      Because we don’t have any way to upload images to this forum, the best thing is to upload to a site such as
      https://tinygrab.com
      https://www.imageshack.us
      https://photobucket.com

      I just tried this new site called snag.gy, which is pretty cool, to make this https://snag.gy/eWZvp.jpg

      I can display it in the forum post itself by using the img src html code:

    • December 13, 2014 at 1:44 pm #72224
      Arne Vermeulen
      Member

      Hi David,

      you can find a screenshot of what i mean right here: https://grab.by/D45Y

      regards
      Arne

    • December 13, 2014 at 2:57 pm #72225
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      I can’t think of any way to do that off the top of my head. I think you’d need to scale and then use the Align panel to set the space to 3 mm.

    • December 14, 2014 at 2:22 am #72227
      Arne Vermeulen
      Member

      Too bad. It would be a nice timesaver.
      Thanx

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