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1  On the Modify panel of the Home tab click the Stretch button (shown in the margin).The Stretch command starts, and AutoCAD prompts you to select objects. This is one of those times and one of those command that requires you to watch the command line.

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3 If these drafting settings aren’t already set this way, turn off Snap (F9) and turn on Ortho (F8) and Object Snap (F3). Then set a base point for the stretch operation. Specify base point or [Displacement] : Move the mouse pointer over the lower-right corner of the plate, and click when you see a square box with an Endpoint tooltip.This point serves as the base point for the stretch operation. (ssss1 describes base points and displacements in greater detail.) As before, if you can’t get the cursor to snap to the endpoint, right-click the Object Snap (F3) button and select Endpoint.

4 Specify a displacement for the stretch operation.AutoCAD prompts you at the command line:Specify second point or :Move the cursor horizontally to the right, type 6, and press Enter, as shown in Figure 3-9.AutoCAD stretches the plate and column with its hatching, and moves the anchor bolts by the distance you indicated (see Figure 3-9).ssss1 Stretching the base plate.