[Feature Request] Scale on two axes at the same time.

[anon20000101]

Dear Unity,

Since Unity Engine ever came out in 2005, it Never had an option to scale on two axes at the same time, and it’s still the case today… Why is Unity The ONLY 3D package out there that doesn’t have such a critical feature out-of-the-box?! Unreal Engine has it, Blender has it, CryEngine has it, Maya has it, and so many others! I can see So Many use cases for it, especially when prototyping and world building… and with ProBuilder it would be top-notch.

There are times when I would like to scale on two axes and not the third… and I just can’t…

This feature has been requested as early as in 2015, maybe even earlier… here’s the thread:

How do I scale an object in two axes at the same time, like how Unreal Engine 4 does it?

In Unreal Engine 4, the user is able to scale an object in two axes at the same time by dragging on the strut connecting the two axes together. (For example, I drag the strut connecting the X and Y axis to scale in the X and Y direction simultaneously.) How can I do that in Unity?

Please, put this critical feature on your roadmap to 2022.1… it’s a must-have and must come true!

Thanks!

[andreyefimov2010]

Ha, I even posted about this in their ‘pain’ thread a few days ago: Workflow Case Study - Show us your pain! page-12#post-7470868
This one is very baffling and just shows that they indeed didn’t try to do anything serious in their engine, otherwise it would float up very quickly.

[richardkettlewell]

Thanks for the feedback! We recently added the ability to lock all 3 scale axes. Ive reached out to the team who did that work to assess adding a way to lock 2 axes too!

[anon20000101]

@richardkettlewell

Ive reached out to the team who did that work to assess adding a way to lock 2 axes too!

Good move, as this feature should be prioritized as much as possible!

@richardkettlewell

We recently added the ability to lock all 3 scale axes.

Note, however, if two-axes feature is implemented, it’s Better and more convenient to have it as a shape of scale gizmos than have it to be locked in the inspector(like how blender does it with gizmos).

@richardkettlewell

Thanks for the feedback!

You’re most welcome!

[mahdi_jeddi]

The better option would be the scale gizmo to have extra edges for XY XZ and YZ scaling like in move gizmo or in many other 3D tools:

[Thaina]

I would prefer maya style scaling. use ctrl key modifier and scale one leg will instead scale other two dimension

[anon20000101]

@mahdi_jeddi

The better option would be the scale gizmo to have extra edges for XY XZ and YZ scaling like in move gizmo or in many other 3D tools:

Or you could have it like this:

I think this Blender-Maya style of scaling is much better imo; Sure, it’s a matter of preference anyways…

[laurentlavigne]

It’s already there in the frame manipulator: press “t”.

[andreyefimov2010]

@laurentlavigne that actually kinda works, but that’s one of the most un-intuitive pieces of functionality I’ve ever seen to the point one could argue it’s not even a workaround for the proper two-axis scaling which should be far more streamlined considering how fundamental it is to the workflow.

[apkdev]

Yeah, the rect tool also doesn’t work without a mesh filter, so good luck scaling colliders, custom scripts that rely on gameobject scale, etc.

[anon20000101]

I’m locking the poll… it seems that the Vast Majority Wants this feature implemented, Unity!

We hope to see this feature being pushed to 2022 lifecycle…