How do I scale from one side side only?
I want to keep the left side of a object in place, but scale it smaller from the right.
See this screen shot:
I want it to end up like this:
But I had to scale and move to get that.
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5$\begingroup$ Why do you need to scale? Just grab the vertices on the "right side" in edit mode and move them to the left. $\endgroup$– Ocaso ProtalCommented Jan 17, 2014 at 7:32
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1$\begingroup$ @OcasoProtal yea but that won't keep the origin relative. $\endgroup$– PetahCommented Jan 17, 2014 at 7:37
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$\begingroup$ @Petah Why not recenter the origin afterwards? $\endgroup$– gandalf3Commented Jan 17, 2014 at 7:46
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$\begingroup$ @gandalf3 yes in this case recentering the origin after moving the vertices would work. But in other situations this would not be the case. $\endgroup$– PetahCommented Jan 17, 2014 at 8:20
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1$\begingroup$ @Petah You could snap the 3D cursor to one edge, scale, then snap the origin to the 3D cursor. Anyway, it doesn't really make a difference as it is possible to scale based on the 3D cursor (as in stacker's answer). $\endgroup$– gandalf3Commented Jan 17, 2014 at 8:30
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Set the Pivot Point to 3D Cursor and the 3D Cursor to the end that should not move while scaling.
For an exact position you may want to snap the 3D Cursor to the selection (Mesh -> Snap -> Cursor to Selection).
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Another option is to try vertex slide in edit mode. Select the vertices you want to move and press GG.
Note: this is specific to mesh edit-mode and assumed you have topology which can slide.
answered Jan 17, 2014 at 7:45
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2$\begingroup$ I tried this, but it also seems to shrink them too. Also in edit mode it is easy enough to move the vertices as per the comments on the question. $\endgroup$– PetahCommented Jan 17, 2014 at 8:24
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$\begingroup$ <kbd>G</kbd><kbd>y</kbd> to only slide into the y-direction $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 18, 2018 at 8:16
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- Use the "Edit Mode"
- If what I can see is a rectangle, then select both the vertices (First select one vertex, then also select the other vertex, by holding down the shift key.) If it is a cuboid, then you need to select four vertices.
- Use the red arrow to move on only one side.
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In Blender 4.1, a different approach for a more complicated mesh: use Scale Cage tool in Edit mode.
