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20 Chapter 1: Getting Familiar with AutoCAD
Try the following exercise to see how the Zoom tool works:
1. Click the magnifying glass icon in the View tab’s Navigate panel to open the
Zoom flyout.
2. Select Window from the Zoom flyout (Figure 1.17).
3. Click the first point indicated in Figure 1.18. You don’t have to be too accurate.
4. Click the second point indicated in Figure 1.18. The area you selected expands to
fill the drawing area. Notice that the transition to the zoomed view is smooth. This
helps you keep track of exactly where in the drawing the zoom occurs.
5. Right-click and select Pan. Notice that the cursor changes to a hand icon.
6. Click and drag the cursor in the drawing area. Notice how the view moves as you
drag the cursor.
7. Press Esc to exit the Pan command. You can also right-click and choose Exit from
the context menu.
8. Finally, to get your original view of the overall drawing, open the Zoom flyout again
as you did in step 1 and select Previous.
Click the Zoom flyout
arrowhead and
select Window.
Click this location first
to start the Zoom window.
Then click this location.
Figure 1.17
The Window tool on
the Zoom flyout
Figure 1.18
Selecting a
Zoom window
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