Multistretching a Set of Entities

After starting the Multistretch Entities command, proceed as follows:

1 Define the selection window (one or more) by clicking in its two opposite vertices (entities crossed by the selection window will be stretched, while the ones inside it will be translated).



The set of handles is displayed (for further details on the handles, sse the description of the Multistretch Entities command).



End selection by right-clicking and selecting Continue in the context menu. To change the selected entities, right-click on Entities, select Reset in the context menu and perform selection again.
2 Optionally, you can redefine the origin of the transformation, if the default one doesn't meet your requirements.

Default position of the origin
By default, the position of the origin depends on the selected entities.
Selection Origin
Set of two or more entities Center of the viewport
Group Group Origin
Shared Group Group Origin — Axis Orientation same as the one used in the group definition
Arc/Circle Center
Curve If you clicked on the curve: first endpoint, second endpoint or mid point, depending on which is closest to the point you clicked on. If you selected the curve without clicking on it (for example, using a window selection): first endpoint
Selection by clicking
(remaining cases)		 The point you clicked on.

To define a different starting point, you can choose one of the following methods:
  • Double-click on the handle and specify the new starting point
  • Click on Handle Origin in the selection list to expand it, click on Start point and then specify the new starting point
  • Click on Handle Origin in the selection list to expand it, right-click on Start point, select Reset in the context menu and then specify the new starting point.

In this example, we clicked on the origin handle and then specified the mid point of the central top line:

3 Optionally, you can redefine the initial orientation of the axes.
The X,Y and ZX and Y axes are initially parallel to the corresponding Work Planecoordinate axes. To modify the initial orientation of the axes, you can choose one of the following methods:
  • Double-click on an axis and then click on a line you want to re-align it to.
  • Select Axis Alignment to expand it. In the X/Y/Z Axis drop-down lists, select:
    Line to align the axis to a line. Select the line.
    2 Points to align the axis to the direction identified by the two points. Select the two points.
    End point to align the axis so that its secon endpoint coincides with a point. Select the point.

4 Define the end point of the transformation in one of the follwoing methods:
  • Clicking the central handle and then specifying the end point of the transformation.
  • Dragging the origin or typing the translation values into the Move X/Y boxes boxes which show up when you pick the handle.


     
  • Dragging the handles at the end points or by typing the X, Y, Z components of the translation into the Delta boxes which show up when you pick the handle.
     
To change the selected end point, you can choose one of the following methods:
  • Click on the handle and specify the new end point
  • Click on Handle Origin in the selection list to expand it, click on End point and then specify the new end point
  • Click on Handle Origin in the selection list to expand it, right-click on End point, select Reset in the context menu and then specify the new end point.

To undo the transformation you can check in the preview, before actually applying it and quitting the command, click the button.

5 Click or to confirm your selections and apply the transformation.



Click to discard your changes.