# Resizing after extruding?

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/resizing-after-extruding/17144>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [January 31, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/resizing-after-extruding/17144 "2022-01-31T00:57:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Debcherk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/debcherk/32/18872_2.png) [@Debcherk](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Debcherk)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/resizing-after-extruding/17144/1 "2022-01-31T00:57:53Z")

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Is it possible to scale an item after extruding it? I need to do some trial and error with my designs. After drawing, I need to 3D print them so they need to be extruded but I am finding that even when I have scaled the drawing to the correct size using a rectangle before extruding, when I print them they aren’t always the right size.

This means I need to make adjustments but after extruding I’ve added holes etc and I don’t want to have to step all the way back to the original drawing to resize and adjust the shape.

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**Author:** ![McD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/mcd/32/15504_2.png) [@McD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/McD)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/resizing-after-extruding/17144/2 "2022-01-31T01:21:42Z")

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Currently, you can scale the body, but all axis expand uniformly. There isn’t a way to scale a single axis…yet.

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**Author:** ![Debcherk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/debcherk/32/18872_2.png) [@Debcherk](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Debcherk)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/resizing-after-extruding/17144/3 "2022-02-06T17:33:38Z")

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So I’m thinking I’ll at least have to remove my holes before scaling since I don’t want those to increase in size.

I need to get in there and play around. I hope I can make other slight adjustments to individuals sides without scaling the whole thing.