"Stretch" or "Shrink" multiple component?

[Matt Day]

I've made a fairly complex chest out of a number of components such as legs, top, shelf, front, sides, etc. If I wanted to say change the depth of the entire chest from 16" to 18", I would have to edit each component and push/pull each face 2", which I know I can do but was looking for a shortcut.

Is there any way to say make a section cut, and stretch everything in that section cut by 2"? Sorry if it's a little tough to explain what I mean.

Thanks

[Jamie Buxton]

You can Scale the whole thing. Make the collection of components a Group. Then Scale the Group. If you want, you can Explode that Group, and you're back to where you were.

[Matt Day]

Wouldn't scaling make my 2"x2" legs get bigger too?

[Jamie Buxton]

Wouldn't scaling make my 2"x2" legs get bigger too?

Yes, this operation doesn't do exactly what you asked. But if you're trying to do what you said -- make a piece 2" shallower -- it may be close enough.