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Working With AutoCAD
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Getting a Closer Look
One of the most frequently used commands is Zoom, which gives you a closer look at part of
your drawing. This command offers a variety of ways to control your view. In this section, you’ll
enlarge a portion of the clip drawing to get a more detailed look. To tell AutoCAD which area
you want to enlarge, you use what is called a zoom window.
You’ll start by switching to a Model Space view of the drawing. The Model Space view places
you in a workspace where you do most of your drawing creation and editing. Follow these steps:
1. Click the Model tab below the drawing area, or if you don’t see the tab, click the Model
tool in the status bar.
Your view changes to show the full 3D model with the 2D representations of the model (see
Figure 1.13).
Figure 1.12
The Layout1 view
of the clip.dwg file
Figure 1.13
3D model with 2D
representations of
the model
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