Zoom Region

Zoom Region magnifies a rectangular area you drag within a viewport.

• Activate an orthographic viewport. > Viewport Navigation controls > (Zoom Region)
• Activate a Perspective viewport. > Viewport Navigation controls > (Zoom Region on the Field of View flyout)
• Keyboard > Ctrl+W

This control is available only when the active viewport is an orthographic, Perspective or User-Axonometric view. It is not available for Camera viewports.

Zoom Region stays active until you right-click or select another command.

Procedures

To zoom a region:

1. Activate an orthographic or perspective viewport.
2. Click (Zoom Region) or press Ctrl+W.

   When you zoom a region in a perspective viewport, select Zoom Region from the Field of View flyout.

3. Drag a rectangular region in any viewport displaying a non-camera view.

   When you release, the region is magnified to fill the viewport.

   Note: When using the Zoom Region in Perspective view, the zoom rectangle is at a fixed distance from the camera. For this reason, if you draw the rectangle large enough, you can zoom out from the scene.