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Craig – That's exactly how it works right now. The AutoCAD SCALE command will by default, use an implied "Reference length" of 1.0, meaning that the distance from the basepoint to the cursor _IS_ the scale factor. You can see that distance and have it updated dynamically, by toggling your coordinate line to POLAR format when dragging from a basepoint. The distance component of the "distance<angle" specification *IS* the scale factor. If you specify a reference length other than 1.0, then this this doesn't work, but in that case, you usually want to scale an existing length to a new length that is already known, or determined by using osnap. -TonyT.