stretch/scale static mesh at runtime without distorting its proportions

[kyle86]

Hello,

I want to create an editable at runtime kitchen cabinet which can be stretched/scaled horizontally. Easy if the cabinet has a plain door profile. But if it has a shaker door profile, when the cabinet is scaled, the vertical shaker profiles also stretch and become out of proportion. Is there perhaps a way to stretch an object only at a certain point (say the middle of the cabinet) so that the side profiles arent also stretched? Alternativley I was thinking of creating seperate vertical and horizontal shaker profile meshes, and only stretching the horizontal mesh. But then how would I ensure the vertical meshes stick to the ends of the cabinet door as the door stretches?

Thanks

[ClockworkOcean]

Yes, you would need to separate the vertical bars from the rest of mesh.

You could make the cabinet a blueprint, the horizontal scale would just be a parameter, and the blueprint puts the bars on the end of the mesh.

You would get a slight line where they come together.