I see the problem.. although, I'm not sure how you got there. 

If you select the object and press 'N' to bring up the properties, you can see the object properties.

For the manipulating bounding box dimesions, y is 2.579, z is 0.652 and x is 10000.00. 

Not sure how to get around this at the moment,  I've tried exporting it as a .lwo and .obj and importing it with out any luck. 

I've also just tried to duplicate the object with shft D and alt D with out any luck.

Attempting to change the scale immediately puts y  and z in perspective relative to the x value and flattens the object out. 

I'll keep working on it for ya.. see if I can come up with something tonight.

Scott

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