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I have a 5mm keypad pattern for a membrane switch.

I want to rescale (resize) this pattern and all its layers (silkscreen, pads, signal plates, etc.) to 3mm.
There does not appear a way to do this.

Here's how it would work:
Solution #1
A user selects all the elements that are to be resized.
Go to menu and select: Edit | Resize | Selected Elements.
Click on the top right corner and drag towards center and all selected graphics are resized.

Solution #2
A user selects all the elements that are to be resized.
Right click on selected elements and popup menu appears, select Resize item.
Then enter "90%" resize value and click OK.
All selected graphics are then resized to 90% of their original size.

Well kjhuebner,

i design PCB for hobby with DT and with other CAD to work, and i think that all you suggest is an useful function.

If i need to have a new device, starting from an other smallest i need redraw all.
An other way to resize could be to make a group and to have a function resize as group, at this moment there is a function "Flip as group".

In the same way it would be useful to draw horizontal or vertical line, as like press Alt or Shift button during the draw.

I hope that the developers will take inspiration from forum post to do next release.

-- 18 Sep 2015, 12:16 --

I don't see resizing function on 2.9 release, Do you think something for next release or definitive release?
I would be very usefull, especially in pattern editor.

Thank you for your work.

Still missing in v4...

It's unpleasant to ungroup, resize all the parts, perfectly align them all again, and re-group.