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sevenK
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Inspiring
November 24, 2022
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InDesign 18 numeric scaling does not scale stroke nor effect

  • November 24, 2022
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If I scale an object, say a square 40x40 mm with a stroke size of 4 point, to say double the size in any of the panels, transform or object panel, the stroke size stays the same. This also applies to effects e.g. drop shadows. The transformation is set to scale everything, which it does if I use the percentage scaling, but not if I scale numerically. I’m pretty sure all the object properties used to be scaled as well when adjusting the size of the object. This is really annoying because I often scale objects within artworks by adjusting their size, so if the object contains a stroke or any other effect, they don’t get scaled properly.

 
I did delete the prefs already, but that didn‘t help. It‘s also weird that I can’t lock proportions anymore in the transformation panel, haven’t noticed this before though, but I believe the lock option used to be there as well. 

 

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Peter Spier
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Peter SpierCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 24, 2022

With either of the selection tools active you will find the option to scale strokes in the menu on the right end of the Control Panel. Set it with no object selected and it will become the default for all objects in the file. Do it with no files open and it will be the default for all new files.

sevenK
sevenKAuthor
Inspiring
November 24, 2022

It is set to scale but doesn't scale the effects or strokes.

sevenK
sevenKAuthor
Inspiring
November 25, 2022

I'm not entirely sure you're grasping the concept and the way it works in InDesign.

Forget everything you know about Illustrator.

 

Either

Insert the transformation in the Width x Height

Or

Insert the numerical values of the actual width and height in the SCALE section - instead of 85.71% -  you can insert 12mm

 

If you change the Width and Height values - the stroke/effects won't change

If you choose the Scale dialog - it will change the stroke - unless you have the Scale Stroke/Effects unticked in the options.

 

 

If you think it can work better you can make a feature request here

https://indesign.uservoice.com/


I do believe that I am grasping the concept of InDesign very well. What I’m not „grasping“ is the difference in the approach though. Shouldn’t matter which way you scale IMO. Half or double the size should scale the effects as well, no matter how you perform the scaling.

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