Resizing a side of an rectangle

[mathcubes]

Sorry if this is a dup. I tried to look this up on this forum and couldn't find it.

1) How do I see the size of an rectangle that already been drawn, e.g. 5 x 3
2) Let's say I want to move the right side in by 0.5 whatever-unit but leave the rest untouch... How do I do that? The scale tool resize it form the center.
3) How do I change the location of one of the nodes by x amount? I tried to click on it and type in something on the lines of move @0,-1 but it did nothing.
4) How do I select 2 nodes at once to move them?

Sorry for this noob question but I couldn't figure it out as it is not intuitive in Qcad for some reason. I downloaded the free version of nanoCad which is the outdated version and it was straight forwards in that program for all of these things.
Thanks for reading
- Math

[CVH]

Math,
From the picture I presume that the rectangle is a hatch entity.
One can relocate the corner markers by left-click and hold on them and drag them to a new location.
Or once they stick to your mouse cursor you can type in a new position in absolute/relative and/or polar coordinates in the Command Line.

Hatches are usually added in a final stage.
A bounding rectangle as a polyline has more reference marks/options to reshape.

Please read the forum rules: Post one question per topic.

The scale tool resize it form the center.

No, the scale tool (SZ) works with a focus point.
It all depends on where you set that before you perform the scale.

How do I select 2 nodes at once to move them

You can't select 2 or more reference markers at once unless they are at the same position.

Regards,
CVH

[CVH]

Math,

BTW ... I don't see the Status Bar on your screen grab.
You can activate/deactivate that by typing GS or by the View menu.

On the Status Bar is a mouse icon with current tool instructions.

Regards,
CVH

[mathcubes]

Okay but how do I get the dimensions of a rectangle?

Edit Ah I can not do it with a hatch.. Is there a way to auto update a hatch if I resize the polyline than or would I have to delete it and remake it? If not would the best way to put them on separate layers?

[Husky]

Okay but how do I get the dimensions of a rectangle?

If the rectangle is a polyline - select the shape and check for the dimension the Property Editor.
If the rectangle is built out of lines - select the line to get the dimension also within the Property Editor.

Edit Ah I can not do it with a hatch.. Is there a way to auto update a hatch if I resize the polyline than or would I have to delete it and remake it? If not would the best way to put them on separate layers?

Autoupdate - nope.
Delete and remake - that is one possibility. It depends on the shape which "dictate" the best approach to tackle that task. In many cases the Stretchtool is the best way to go ...

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Hatch on separate layer - yes, that would be common praxis and is recommended.

2) Let's say I want to move the right side in by 0.5 whatever-unit but leave the rest untouch... How do I do that?

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