Thanks, all.

Glen, that is exactly it! Thank you! I tried all kinds of ways of dividing by
4 or doing the square root AFTER scaling it. This is the trick.

Thanks to all who offered solutions to help me out, you guys are awesome.

Best regards,

<>Kenny<>



>>> "Glen Jackson" <gjackson@...> 07/15/09 3:34 PM >>>
Kenny:

Just for kicks, try scaling up by the square root of the percentage you
need, in decimal format. So 125% would be 1.25, sqrt(1.25) = 1.118
scale factor, 145% = 1.45, sqrt(1.45) = 1.204 scale factor.

-=Glen


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On 15 Jul 2009 at 15:27, Kennard Johnson wrote:

> Hey Team,
>
> I need some assistance.
>
> I have an odd shaped building (boomarang, with arcs and all) that I
> need to show how the building square footage requirements will grow
> over the next 30 years.
>
> I have the existing outline (showing 21,511 s.f. when I do a MA). I
> need to increase this area by 125%, 145%, etc for a series.
>
> Using SZ increases each axis of the selection area (X & Y) by 125%,
> not the building area by 125%, which gives me areas too large.
>
> Is there another option or tool to increase the area? Because the
> building is such an odd shape, I can't easily just stretch it out to
> the sizes I need.
>
> I've tried to find a multipler to find a ratio difference between the
> size I have and size I need but failed; each percentage appears to be
> a different ratio/ multiplier.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
>
> <>Kenny<>
> Math Impaired & Too Tired to Care. . .
>
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