Zooming¶
The Zoom commands change the magnification of the drawing display. The ratio of the entire drawing to the entities affected by zooming remains unchanged.
Zoom commands are on the View menu or the Zoom toolbar:
Zoom Dynamic
: Zooms in and out of the current drawing window at realtimeZoom Center
: Centers the drawing on a center point using a specified magnification factor or a display heightZoom Factor
: Zooms in or out using a scale factor you specifyZoom Previous
: Restores the previously displayed viewZoom Selected
: Zooms so that one or more entities are entirely on screenZoom Window
: Zooms in to a rectangle you specifyZoom In
: Zooms in using a preset scaleZoom Out
: Zooms out using a preset scaleZoom Bounds
: Displays the entire drawing as far as its drawing bounds or drawing extents (whichever dimension is greater)Zoom Fit
: Zooms to display the whole drawing centered on the screen
Transparent Use of Zoom Commands
You can use zoom commands while another command is in progress. For example, you can execute the ZoomFit command while drawing a Line:
: LINE
Specify start point» <P1>
Specify next point» <P2>
Specify next point» ‘zoomfit
Resuming line command.
Specify next point» <P3>
Specify next point» <P4>
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