Best way to scale a part of a STEP file

[xbit]

Hello guys.

I am not a graphics designer, and since i used the GUI, a certain time has elapsed.

I have been looking for ways to scale a part of a STEP file.

what is the best way to scale a part of the STEP file?
I mean without creating a clone. Replacing the original part with the scaled (no clone production)

[drmacro]

Umm...but, that IS the process of scaling a STEP model in FreeCAD...

You can set the Objects property of the clone to nothing and delete the original unscaled STEP geometry.

But, to what end? Curious...

[keithsloan52]

Hello guys.

I am not a graphics designer, and since i used the GUI, a certain time has elapsed.

I have been looking for ways to scale a part of a STEP file.

what is the best way to scale a part of the STEP file?
I mean without creating a clone. Replacing the original part with the scaled (no clone production)

Please could you supply the STEP file and some details to identify the part that you wish to scale.
Also is it scale in all directions or different scales on different axis.

[xbit]

I want to scale this part here:

Screenshot from 2021-01-13 18-32-59.png (15.34 KiB) Viewed 301 times

But as you can see there is no option to "modify the original", in the Draft Scale tool

Screenshot from 2021-01-13 18-36-07.png (35.38 KiB) Viewed 301 times

I have the STEP file attached.

Thank you very much!

[thomas-neemann]

for me it works with scale

Bildschirmfoto_2021-01-13_18-21-18.png (142.76 KiB) Viewed 275 times

if you want I can make a video of it


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[keithsloan52]

for me it works with scale

Bildschirmfoto_2021-01-13_18-21-18.png

if you want I can make a video of it


OS: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS (ubuntu:GNOME/xubuntu)
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.23578 (Git) AppImage
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 50c3cbf00579dc4941ca743c25720d016b0453ce
Python version: 3.8.6
Qt version: 5.12.5
Coin version: 4.0.0
OCC version: 7.4.0
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For me the Component1 Shape is immutable and I can only scale by making a Clone

[thomas-neemann]

When I tried to make a video of it, I saw that an error occurred after pressing the ok button.
if it is of any use to you, you can scale over mesh

phpBB [video]

[keithsloan52]

Well FreeCAD objects are in general parametric, for example Cube has Length, Width. Cylinder has radius, height etc. So to me it does not make much sense just being able to Scale the Shape without changing the related parameters. Now with this and I suspect most Import STEP files the 'Objects' are Brep Shapes without parameters and I am not sure why they should be immutable as far as scaling is concerned.
Component1 has an Object Type of 'Part::Feature', printing out its details with print(dir(object)) gives

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['Content', 'Document', 'ExpressionEngine', 'FullName', 'ID', 'InList', 'InListRecursive', 'Label', 'Label2', 'MemSize', 'Module', 'MustExecute', 'Name', 'NoTouch', 'OldLabel', 'OutList', 'OutListRecursive', 'Parents', 'Placement', 'PropertiesList', 'Removing', 'Shape', 'State', 'TypeId', 'ViewObject', 'Visibility', '__class__', '__delattr__', '__dir__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__format__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__init_subclass__', '__le__', '__lt__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__', 'addExtension', 'addObject', 'addObjects', 'addProperty', 'adjustRelativeLinks', 'dumpContent', 'dumpPropertyContent', 'enforceRecompute', 'evalExpression', 'getAllDerivedFrom', 'getDocumentationOfProperty', 'getEditorMode', 'getGlobalPlacement', 'getGroupOfProperty', 'getLinkedObject', 'getObject', 'getParentGeoFeatureGroup', 'getParentGroup', 'getPaths', 'getPathsByOutList', 'getPropertyByName', 'getPropertyNameOfGeometry', 'getPropertyOfGeometry', 'getPropertyStatus', 'getPropertyTouchList', 'getStatusString', 'getSubObject', 'getSubObjectList', 'getSubObjects', 'getTypeIdOfProperty', 'getTypeOfProperty', 'hasChildElement', 'hasExtension', 'hasObject', 'isDerivedFrom', 'isElementVisible', 'isValid', 'newObject', 'purgeTouched', 'recompute', 'removeObject', 'removeObjects', 'removeObjectsFromDocument', 'removeProperty', 'resolve', 'resolveSubElement', 'restoreContent', 'restorePropertyContent', 'setEditorMode', 'setElementVisible', 'setExpression', 'setObjects', 'setPropertyStatus', 'supportedProperties', 'touch']

and print(dir(object.Shape))

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['Area', 'BoundBox', 'CenterOfMass', 'CompSolids', 'Compounds', 'Content', 'Edges', 'Faces', 'Length', 'Mass', 'Matrix', 'MatrixOfInertia', 'MemSize', 'Module', 'Orientation', 'OuterShell', 'Placement', 'PrincipalProperties', 'ShapeType', 'Shells', 'Solids', 'StaticMoments', 'SubShapes', 'Tag', 'TypeId', 'Vertexes', 'Volume', 'Wires', '__class__', '__delattr__', '__dir__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__format__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__getstate__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__init_subclass__', '__le__', '__lt__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__setstate__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__', 'ancestorsOfType', 'check', 'childShapes', 'cleaned', 'common', 'complement', 'copy', 'countElement', 'cut', 'defeaturing', 'distToShape', 'dumpContent', 'dumpToString', 'exportBinary', 'exportBrep', 'exportBrepToString', 'exportIges', 'exportStep', 'exportStl', 'extrude', 'findPlane', 'fix', 'fixTolerance', 'fuse', 'generalFuse', 'getAllDerivedFrom', 'getElement', 'getFacesFromSubelement', 'getMomentOfInertia', 'getRadiusOfGyration', 'getTolerance', 'globalTolerance', 'hashCode', 'importBinary', 'importBrep', 'importBrepFromString', 'inTolerance', 'isClosed', 'isCoplanar', 'isDerivedFrom', 'isEqual', 'isInfinite', 'isInside', 'isNull', 'isPartner', 'isSame', 'isValid', 'limitTolerance', 'makeChamfer', 'makeFillet', 'makeOffset2D', 'makeOffsetShape', 'makeParallelProjection', 'makePerspectiveProjection', 'makeShapeFromMesh', 'makeThickness', 'makeWires', 'mirror', 'multiFuse', 'nullify', 'offsetFaces', 'oldFuse', 'optimalBoundingBox', 'overTolerance', 'project', 'proximity', 'read', 'reflectLines', 'removeInternalWires', 'removeShape', 'removeSplitter', 'replaceShape', 'restoreContent', 'reverse', 'reversed', 'revolve', 'rotate', 'rotated', 'scale', 'scaled', 'section', 'sewShape', 'slice', 'slices', 'tessellate', 'toNurbs', 'transformGeometry', 'transformShape', 'transformed', 'translate', 'translated', 'writeInventor']

But calling the Shapes, scale function gives

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21:30:35  Running the Python command 'toScaleCommand' failed:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/keithsloan/Library/Preferences/FreeCAD/Mod/toSketch/freecad/toSketch/toSCommands.py", line 151, in Activated
    sel.Shape.scale(2.0)

This object is immutable, you can not set any attribute or call a non const method

I can understand not being able to scale a Cube, Cylinder etc but not sure why a Brep Shape from a STEP import needs to be set to immutable, or why. a cloned shape is okay to scale.

[xbit]

Thank you guys.

@thomas-neemann
Thank you for taking the time to produce that video.
But when you scaled the part, it kept only that part.
It did not included it that part (now scaled) in the original geometry.

@keithsloan52

You said this:

not sure why a Brep Shape from a STEP import needs to be set to immutable, or why. a cloned shape is okay to scale.

What i want to do is scale only a part of the step file.
What i deduce from what you said, is that it is pretty much impossible in FreeCAD. Is this correct?

[thomas-neemann]

I probably didn't quite understand the question.
can you tell me what the result should be?