Zoom Dynamic

Zoom Dynamic is an old and popular method to get a quick survey and a quick zooming. The entire drawing sheet is displayed and a rectangle marks the present zoom position. By using the mouse and moving the little rectangle, you can pan.

Click the left mouse-button and drag with the mouse if you want to change the size of the little rectangle, thus defining how much you want to zoom.

When you are satisfied with the size of the window, click again with the left mouse-button. Then move the window so it marks the part of the drawing sheet that you wish to zoom.

Perform the zoom by clicking the right mouse-button or pressing <RETURN>.

Aerial view…

The Aerial view command presents a survey of the entire drawing sheet. You are given an opportunity to zoom and pan in real-time. A verification is continuously given of what part of the drawing sheet that is zoomed. This nice feature is most suitable for very large drawing sheets, which however are not so common for electrical design, since the circuit diagrams in most cases only use A3 paper size.

When you get tired of this view, turn it off by clicking the “X” in the upper right part of the dialogue box.

Pan Realtime

This command enables you to pan using the mouse in a simple and elegant way.

Press the left mouse-button and drag the entire drawing sheet in the direction you wish. When you feel content, you can end the panning by a click with the right mouse-button and selecting Exit, or by pressing <ESC>.

Pan Points

This is the classic legacy standard AutoCAD Pan command.

It gives almost the same result as Pan Realtime, even if you cannot see the result until the panning is finished. After selecting this command, pick one point and then move the mouse to the very spot where you want that point to be located. As soon as you click the left mouse-button, the panning is performed accordingly.