Lesson 03 | Displaying Objects
When you use the software, you draw all objects at full scale. Sometimes you need to view the whole drawing, sometimes just smaller details. To assist you in viewing different areas of the drawing, there are a number of zoom and pan tools. You can easily magnify small areas of your drawing to provide a closer view or shift the view to a different or larger part of the drawing. You can save views by name and restore them later.
In this lesson, you explore different methods of using these tools and develop your use of the interface.
Many of the zoom and pan options operate transparently. This means that you can use the options while you are in another command.
After completing this lesson, you will be able to use ...
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