Lengthening and Shortening Objects
Any open object, such as a line or an arc, can be lengthened or shortened with the LENGTHEN command. The following listing details the options available at the initial prompt:
Select Object. The default option involves selecting an object. When an object is selected, its length is displayed and the initial prompt is redisplayed. The length value is shown using the current units setting for both style and precision. However, this value can contain round-off error.
DElta. Use this option to specify the length by which the object is to be lengthened or shortened. Enter a positive value to lengthen the object or enter a negative value to shorten the object. If the object to be affected is an arc, you have the ...
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