Stretch object from center... or one end?

Help... Seems like one of my accounts, when I stretch an object larger, it expands in two directions from the center. In my other account, it expands from one end in one direction.

How can I control this? (I've looked for the answer, honest LOL)

THANKS

in the edit window (cmd 3) at the top there are the little tick boxes, one is for stretching both ends, deselect it, right hand side as you are looking at the screen

Make sure in the edit box that there is no tick in the box that says Stretch Both Sides. Its on the right hand side of the edit box towards the top

I love stretching from one end..really helps with making prims fit those odd spaces

~Lana Tomba

it helps in RL with those stubborn tight pants too

[X] Stretch Both Sides

When you start building, you will be toggeling this on and off depending on what you are doing.

I would not recommend that. As I wouldn't recommend to use the colored rgb boxes to change prim's size. They lack of acurracy, instead the Three 'size' boxes (XYZ) are precise. If you want to make a prim fit it's better to use math.

And I read that two objects colliding generates lag. So that's another reason for using maths and the size boxes.

i know it sounds lame but i can usually free hand within .005 meters of the exact size so going back to fix a pesky overlapping seam or .005 crack isn't too difficult.
The alternative is yes..subtracting sizes from whatever the total span is and then making a prim the size of the answer while selecting that and wanding on the current anchor prim.

For as many colliding prims that I'm not able to fix..even with math i view building a tad bit like painting....yes I'm sure that an occasional seam appears..but thats not my focus.

~Lana Tomba

collisions between physical objects - not prim overlap - can cause lag.

Of course, avatars count as physical objects for the purposes of collision tracking.

Yep. I think different people have different approaches. Doing the math is very accurate, but I like the feel of making it up as I go, and stretching one side to fit is a whole lot faster for me. The downside is, I usually still have to do the math when I want to line up textures, but by then the burst of creativity has run its course.

I guess it depends on what you're building.