Technical data

Viewing Drawings

Zoom options (

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Option Description

Dynamic Display the drawing within a view box that you can adjust. After

you specify the extents of the box, press ENTER and that area

becomes the new display.

Extents Enlarge the drawing to the tightest zoom possible of everything in

the drawing file.

Previous Restores the prior view. You can select up to 10 previous views

in succession.

NOTE If you want to zoom or pan in real time without using commands,

select Aerial View from the Tools menu. The drawing is displayed

in a separate, smaller window that remains open while you work,

and in which you can navigate around the drawing quickly. For

more information, see “Using Aerial View” in the online Help.

For more information, use to look up “Using Zoom and Pan” in the

online Help.

Scaling Views

When you work on the drawing in model space, you work at full scale.

In paper space, you must specify a drawing scale that is determined by

the size limits of the sheet of paper, or by how you want the drawing

views to display.

You can scale the drawing in two ways. You can specify a scale factor

at plot time, relative to the paper size, or you can scale the views in

paper space floating viewports. Scaling in floating viewports provides

instantaneous feedback about whether the drawing view fits on the

sheet of paper.

TIP You can use the DIST command to measure the model drawing to help

you determine the scale.