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Chapter 3 Exercises: Controlling the Drawing Display

Exercise 3-1 Using the Zoom Extents Tool


1. Open drawing Willhome located in the student data files.
2. Select the Model tab so that model space is active.
3. Select the Zoom Extents tool on the navigation bar, and zoom to the
extents of the drawing.
4. Zoom in on an area of the drawing using your mouse wheel or any of the
techniques introduced in Chapter 2.
5. Select the Zoom Extents tool again.
6. All the drawing information is now displayed in the drawing display
window.

Exercise 3-2 Using the Zoom Window Tool


1. Continue from Exercise 3-1.
2. Select the Zoom Window tool on the Zoom flyout menu on the
navigation bar. AutoCAD prompts you to Specify first corner:.
3. Pick a point in your drawing. AutoCAD places the first point and drags a
rectangular rubber-band line from that point and prompts you to Specify
opposite corner:.
4. Size the rectangle so that the information you want to zoom in on is
within the windowed area, and pick another point in your drawing (see
Figure 3-3).

Figure 3-3 Defining the Zoom Window area

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5. After you pick the second point, the windowed area is zoomed to fill the
drawing display window (see Figure 3-4).

Figure 3-4 Display after second window corner point is selected

Exercise 3-3 Using the Zoom Previous Tool


1. Continue from Exercise 3-2.
2. Select the Zoom Extents tool and zoom to the extents of the drawing.
3. Follow the steps shown in Exercise 3-2, and zoom in on an area of the
drawing so that the drawing display looks similar to Figure 3-4.
4. Select the Zoom Previous tool on the navigation bar.
5. The drawing information displayed in the drawing display window returns
to the previous view.
6. Continue selecting the Zoom Previous tool until AutoCAD displays the
following prompt at the command line:
No previous view saved.

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Exercise 3-4 Using the Zoom Realtime Tool
1. Continue from Exercise 3-3.
2. Select the Zoom Extents tool on the navigation bar.
3. Select the Zoom Realtime tool on the navigation bar.
4. Notice that your mouse pointer changes to a magnifying glass (see Figure
3-5).
5. Click with your mouse at the bottom of the drawing display window and
hold the mouse button down (see Figure 3-6).
6. Drag your mouse to the top of the drawing display window while
continuing to hold the mouse button down.
7. Release the mouse button when the mouse pointer reaches the top of the
drawing display window (see Figure 3-7).
8. Click with your mouse at the top of the drawing display window and hold
the mouse button down.
9. Drag your mouse to the bottom of the drawing display window while
continuing to hold the mouse button down.
10. Release the mouse button when the mouse pointer reaches the
bottom of the drawing display window.
11. Press <Enter> or <Esc> to complete the zoom process.

Exercise 3-5 Using the Zoom All Tool


1. Continue from Exercise 3-4.
2. Select the Zoom Extents tool and zoom to the extents of the drawing.
3. Select the Zoom All tool. Notice that the drawing zooms out even
farther. This is because the drawing area or limits are set to an area
much larger than the extents of the drawing.
4. Select the Zoom Extents tool again to zoom back to the drawing
extents.

Exercise 3-6 Using the Mouse Wheel to Zoom In and Out


1. Continue from Exercise 3-5.
2. Roll the mouse wheel forward toward your computer screen.
3. The drawing display zooms in as you roll the mouse wheel forward.
4. Roll the mouse wheel away from the computer screen or toward yourself.
5. The drawing display zooms out as you roll the mouse wheel backward.
6. Double-click the mouse wheel button.
7. The drawing display is zoomed to the extents of the drawing.

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Exercise 3-7 Using the Pan Tool
1. Continue from Exercise 3-6.
2. Zoom in on the drawing using any of the techniques explained earlier.
3. Select the Pan tool on the navigation bar.
4. The mouse pointer changes to a hand icon (see Figure 3-8), and AutoCAD
prompts you at the command line:
Press ESC or ENTER to exit, or right-click to display shortcut menu.
5. Place your mouse pointer at the right edge of the drawing display
window.
6. Click with your mouse and drag the drawing display to the left by holding
down the mouse button.
7. Release the left mouse button and then click the right mouse button to
display the Pan/Zoom shortcut menu (see Figure 3-11).
8. Select Zoom from the menu to switch to the Zoom Realtime tool.
9. Zoom in and out of the drawing a few times using the Zoom Realtime
tool.
10. Right-click with the mouse to display the Pan/Zoom shortcut menu
again.
11. Select Exit from the menu to end the command.

12. Figure 3-8 The Pan mouse pointer icon

Exercise 3-8 Using the Middle Mouse Button to Pan


1. Continue from Exercise 3-7.
2. Select the Zoom Extents tool and zoom to the extents of the drawing.
3. Zoom in on the drawing using any of the techniques explained earlier.
4. Click the center mouse button or mouse wheel and hold it down. The
mouse pointer changes to the hand icon (see Figure 3-8).
5. Hold the button down and pan back and forth in your drawing.
6. Release the button.
7. Hold down the <Ctrl> key on your keyboard.
8. Click the center mouse button or mouse wheel and hold it down. The
mouse pointer changes to the joystick icon (see Figure 3-12).

Figure 3-12 Pan tool in “joystick” mode


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9. Hold the button down and pan around in your drawing.

Exercise 3-9 Panning and Zooming Transparently


1. Continue from Exercise 3-8.
2. Select the Zoom Extents tool and zoom to the extents of the drawing.
3. Select the Line tool from the Draw panel. AutoCAD prompts you:
Specify first point:
4. Pick a point in your drawing to begin the line (see Figure 3-13).
5. Select any of the Zoom or Pan tools explained so far in this chapter.
6. Zoom and pan around your drawing and change the drawing display.
7. Exit out of the ZOOM or PAN command. AutoCAD prompts you to select
the next point of the line (see Figure 3-14):
Resuming LINE command.
Specify next point or [Undo]:
8. Pick the next point for the line and press <Enter> to end the LINE
command.

9. Figure 3-13 A transparent Zoom command

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10. Figure 3-14 A transparent Zoom command

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