Autodesk 235B1-05A761-1301 - AutoCAD MEP 2010 User Manual page 564

As an example, in the following procedure you decrease the size of a schematic symbol using the Scale grip
mode by dragging the symbol to specify a new size. The numbers enclosed in parentheses refer to the
illustration that follows the procedure.
To resize a schematic symbol using grips
1 Select a schematic symbol (1).
2 Select the empty blue box at the symbol's insertion point to change it to a red solid box (2).
3 Select the Scale grip mode by doing one of the following:
4 Move the cursor to reduce the size of the object, and then click to specify the new size (3).
Resizing a schematic symbol using grips
NOTE For more information, see "Grips" under system variables in the AutoCAD
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The software displays a single grip as an empty blue box at the symbol's insertion point.
NOTE The selected grip is used as the base point for scaling.
Enter sc (scale).
Cycle through the grip modes by pressing the SPACEBAR or ENTER key, and select Scale.
The object is scaled appropriately (4).
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