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title: "scale | JavaScript maps SDK"
description: "Documentation for MapTiler SDK"
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# Function scale

-   scale(out: [vec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.vec3/), a: [ReadonlyVec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.ReadonlyVec3/), b: number): [vec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.vec3/)[](#scale)
    
    Scales a vec3 by a scalar number
    
    #### Parameters
    
    -   out: [vec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.vec3/)
        
        the receiving vector
        
    -   a: [ReadonlyVec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.ReadonlyVec3/)
        
        the vector to scale
        
    -   b: number
        
        amount to scale the vector by
        
    
    #### Returns [vec3](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.vec3/)
    
    out