Zoom

The Zoom command moves the viewport camera point toward and away from the target point.

Command-line options

Window (default)

Draws a window to define the view

Hold down the left mouse button and drag a rectangle in a viewport to define the view.

All

Zooms all viewports.

Options

Extents

Zooms all viewports to show all objects.

Shortcut

Ctrl + Alt + E

Selected

Zooms all viewports to show all selected objects.

1to1

Zooms all viewports so that the views are full scale.

Dynamic

Zooms the view as you drag the mouse.

Hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse up and down to zoom in and out.

Extents

Zooms the view to show all objects.

Shortcut

Ctrl + Shift + E

Factor

Zooms the view in or out the specified amount. Values greater than 1 zoom in; values between 0 and 1 zoom out.

In

Zooms the view in.

Out

Zooms the view out.

Selected

Zooms the view to show all selected objects.

Target

Zooms the view by specifying a target and window.

Pick a location for the view center.

A rectangular window forms to define the zoom with the target as the view center.

When you rotate a view after Zoom Target, the scene will rotate about the target. This is particularly useful in perspective views.

1To1

Zooms the active viewport so that the view is full scale.

The command must be calibrated for this command to work properly.

In perspective views, only objects on the target plane will be displayed full scale; in parallel views objects on any plane perpendicular to the camera axis are displayed full scale.

The model must have units set.

Mouse
or
Keys

Shortcut

Zoom Action

Mouse wheel

Zoom In and Out

Ctrl + Right-mouse

Zoom Dynamic

Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Right-mouse

ZoomLens

Z

Zoom

Page Up

Zoom In

Page Down

Zoom Out

Ctrl + W

Zoom Window

Ctrl + Shift +E

Zoom Extents

Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E

Zoom Extents All Viewports

Zoom1To1Calibrate

The Zoom1To1Calibrate command calibrates the screen for the Zoom command, 1To1 option.

Steps

1. Measure the bar on the screen with a ruler.
2. Type the length and unit system in the calibration box.

ZoomLens

The ZoomLens command adjusts the lens length of the viewport camera in a perspective view.

Command-line options

In

Makes the lens length longer.

Out

Makes the lens length shorter.

SetZoomExtentsBorder

The SetZoomExtentsBorder command sets the amount of blank space between objects and the viewport edges when the Zoom command, Extents option is used.

After the object extents bounding box is calculated, this box is scaled based on the scale factors set by this command, increasing the space between objects and the viewport borders.

Command-line options

Specify a scale for the view border.

Scale factor

Greater than 1

Increases the space between objects and the viewport borders.

Less than 1

Decreases the space between objects and the viewport borders.

ParallelView

Sets the border size for parallel views.

PerspectiveView

Sets the border size for perspective views.

See also

Navigate in the viewports


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