Scrolling & Zooming
Scrolling
Scrolling (panning) is moving the drawing up, down, left, or right within the
available screen workspace.
To scroll your drawing:
- In the left toolbar click the Scroll
button. The cursor changes to a hand icon.
- In the workspace click and hold down the left mouse button.
- Drag the drawing to the desired position using your mouse.
or
- Click Page Up or
Page Down to scroll one screen (100%
of workspace).
or
- Use arrow keys with no lines selected.
Zooming
Zooming a drawing allows you to increase or decrease the magnification. For example
you may need to zoom into a small section to check for precise details. Zooming
does not change the dimensions of your part.
Periodically choose View | Zoom | To Fit Screen
to be sure all parts of your drawing are in view.
To fit a drawing to the screen:
- Choose View | Zoom | To Fit Screen.
To show a drawing approximately at actual size:
- Choose View | Zoom | Actual Size.
Check the screen ruler against a real ruler to be sure your video
system is adjusted properly.
To fit selected lines to the screen:
- Choose View | Zoom | To Selection.
To enlarge a drawing:
- Choose View | Zoom | In.
- Left click in the workspace.
or
- Click on Zoom button on top toolbar.
- Left click in the workspace.
or:
- Move the Mouse wheel up in the anti-clockwise direction.
To shrink a drawing:
- Choose View | Zoom | Out.
or
- Click on Zoom button on top toolbar.
- Click right mouse button in the workspace.
or
- Move the Mouse wheel down in the clockwise direction.
To enlarge a certain area of the drawing:
- Choose View | Zoom | To Region or
Click on Zoom button on top toolbar.
- Use the mouse to drag a rectangle around the area to be enlarged.
