3DZOOM (Command)

Zooms in and out in a perspective view.

Access Methods

Toolbar:

Menu: View > Zoom

Shortcut menu: Start any 3D navigation command, right-click in the drawing area, and click Other Navigation Modes Zoom (8).

Pointing device: Scroll the mouse wheel to zoom in and out.

Summary

Zooming in a perspective view simulates moving the camera closer to the target or farther away. Objects appear closer or farther away, but the position of the camera does not change.

List of Prompts

The following prompts are displayed in a perspective view.

Press Esc or Enter to exit, or right-click to display shortcut-menu.

Enter option [All/Extents/Window/Previous/Object] <real time>:

All

Zooms to display the entire drawing.

Extents

Zooms to display the drawing extents and results in the largest possible display of all the objects

Window

Zooms to display an area specified by two points of a rectangular window.

Previous

Zooms to display the previous view.

Object

Zooms to display one or more selected objects as large as possible and in the center of the view.

Real Time

Using the pointing device, zooms interactively.