Scale tool illustrator

In Illustrator, when you draw an object, apply a stroke, then resize that object up or down, you can control whether or not the stroke size gets scaled too, or stays the same.

The way you control this feature is from the “Transform” palette (Window > Transform). This can be very useful for things like logos, where you want everything to look exactly the same at every size. Let's get started .

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Perspective distort illustrator

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I'll show you an example of scaling the stroke and the object or path, and an example of scaling the object only. First, draw a simple shape on the artboard like the one below, and apply a stroke. (I used a 5px stroke)

Scaling means to increase or decrease the particular dimension or value for a particular object.

Scaling up means increasing the particular dimension, and scaling down means decreasing the particular dimension of that object or living thing.

1. Scaling an Object and the Stroke:

Open your Transform palette, and click on the options in the upper right.

You need to make sure “Scale Strokes and Effects” is “checked” in the preferences

how to resize shapes in illustrator

how to resize object in illustrator