Adapting an object

Hello everyone,

How can I define particular distances between particular points on the edge of a 2-dimensional object? I mean, if I have a particular 2-dimensional object with points at particular places along the edge-line, how can I input a distance between two selected points so that LibreCAD will recalculate the whole object and keep the general pattern of it but adapted to these changes?

Thanks in advance!

El dj 27 de 12 de 2012 a les 03:36 -0800, en/na sewing [via LibreCAD] va
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Scale?

I am not sure about what you mean, if scale, then first measure the
distance between the points, you already know the final distance you
desire, then select all the objects you want to scale, then in the
factor field put something like finaldist/originaldist and LC will
compute the factor for you and scale the selected objects.

If you are using a newer version of LC, then you have to put this on the
X field and keep the "isotropic" checked

Hope this helps
Pere

Thanks for your answer, but that's not yet what i mean. What I mean, you have two marked points as shown in this picture (on the left):

http://i50.tinypic.com/waoay1.jpg

Then you put in a number, how many inches, centimeters or whatever you want the distance between these points to be. Then the computer recalculates the pattern, but adapted to the new distance of these two points (result, on the right of the shown picture). It should be possible to do this simultaneously for many points in one pattern. And of course that is supposed to work also with more complex patterns.

The more approximate I find is stretch:
you select some entities, a reference point, then click on the command bar and type the ofset or @the absolute coordinates of the destination reference point there

Thank you