Zooming and Panning

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Zooming and Panning

Buttons to zoom and pan the viewport can be found in the View/Snap tab. clip0425

Click the View/SnapZoomclip0426 button to zoom in or press the PgUp key.

Click the View/SnapZoomclip0427 button to zoom out or press the PgDn key.

Click the View/SnapZoomclip0428 button to zoom to a window. After clicking, move the mouse to a corner of the area to wish to zoom in on. Next, hold down the left mouse button and drag the cursor to define the area, releasing the left mouse button adjusts the view.

Zooming with the mouse

You can also use the mouse scroll wheel. Scroll it and the viewpoint will zoom in/out depending on the direction that you rotate the wheel. You can often use the mouse wheel and middle mouse button for panning and zooming while doing other things such as adding and editing objects.

Panning with the mouse

If you drag the mouse while holding down the mouse scroll wheel the view will pan.

Panning with the keyboard

You can pan the viewport using the 4 arrow keys on the numeric keyboard to pan.

Home

Press the Home key to view the entire sheet or all the contents of your sheet if the sheet border is not visible.