# Expand line direction

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/expand-line-direction/12830>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [May 17, 2021, 10:21am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/expand-line-direction/12830 "2021-05-17T10:21:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![fredlef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@fredlef](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/fredlef)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 10:21am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/expand-line-direction/12830/1 "2021-05-17T10:21:21Z")

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I have two adjacent rectangles and I want to increase the width of both from .147 to .152. I want the rectangle on the right to expand to the right and the one on the left to expand to the left so that the width between them stays the same. They are both expanding to the right and I can’t figure out what lock or constraint to use to do this. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 11:34am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/expand-line-direction/12830/2 "2021-05-17T11:34:29Z")

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> [@fredlef](#):
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> I can’t figure out what lock or constraint to use to do this.

Hi @fredlef, you can simply lock the point(s) you don’t want to move.

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**Author:** ![fredlef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@fredlef](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/fredlef)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/expand-line-direction/12830/3 "2021-05-17T12:34:58Z")

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Thanks that’s to easy. I was trying to lock lines but it never occurred to me to lock points. Thx