How can you extrude all these edges 1 cm away from the center point, thus creating a rectangle 1 cm larger in all directions?
Blend file here also, the desired edges are already selected: .Blend file
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- With the loop selected, press AltS to scale it along the normals.
- Press S again to activate
Even Thickness, so you define the actual width of the border instead of the corner edges' length. - Enter
-.01to get a border of 1cm width.
The edges don't provide normals to scale along, so the adjacent faces' normals are used, which are pointing inwards. This is why you have to enter a negative distance.
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$\begingroup$ I tried that now, but i believe it scaled the edges .01 (1 percent) bigger. It didn't move each individual edge 1cm further from the inner edges. $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 8, 2017 at 13:46
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$\begingroup$ Yes, the scale and rotation was applied, i confirmed it also from the side panel where it says scale and so on. $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 8, 2017 at 13:49
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$\begingroup$ Change the pivot from 3d cursor to individual origins $\endgroup$– atekCommented Oct 8, 2017 at 13:51
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$\begingroup$ You're right. This method creates a diagonal edge with a distance of 1cm, when the Y-position is the same. You have to press S after Alt+S to enable the
Even Thicknessoption. I will edit my answer accordingly. $\endgroup$– CebbiCommented Oct 8, 2017 at 13:55