Review: Zoom to Fit

Zoom to Fit ( Modeling & Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

Zooms in/out to the selection or, if nothing is selected, to the extents of all items within your current view.
When items are selected, Zoom to Fit adjusts the display of those items so that they fit within the available space on your computer screen. If in Modeling a component part of a member (material, bolt, etc.) is selected, the entire member is fit into the available space.
If no items are selected, Zoom to Fit behaves like Unzoom -- it zooms in or out to display all members (or objects) that can be seen within that view's limits.
See (on this page):
- Examples
- Step-by-step instructions

Also see :

VIDEO

A quick demonstration of Zoom to Fit. (Recorded in , v7.2.)

Undo View Change (undoes most recent zoom)
Unzoom (unzooms to a view's limits even if there is a selection)

contents | navigate > (3d) | nav mode | navigate > (2d) | nav mode

Examples :

	1 . Zoom to Fit is invoked with four members selected ( green ).
	2 . Zoom to Fit zooms in to the selected members so that they fill the center of the computer screen.

Step-by-step instructions :

Zoom to Fit can be used in Modeling or the Drawing Editor . The following instructions assume that you are using a 3-button mouse.

1 . Do one (1) of the following to Zoom to Fit :

Method 1 : Click the Zoom to Fit icon. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Navigate -- Navigation Mode ' ( Modeling ) or ' Navigate -- Navigation Mode ' ( Drawing Editor ) and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

Method 2 : If the " Modeling layout style " or " Drawing Editor layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose Navigate > Zoom to Fit .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Zoom to Fit can also be configured to be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the lightning interface, this configuration is done using Customize Interface .

2 . One of the following happens:

The program zooms or unzooms so that the members associated with the items that are currently selected fill up the drawing area on your computer screen.

If no items are selected, the program unzooms to the view's set limits.

If your current view has no set limits, the program zooms out (or in) so that all members (objects in the Drawing Editor ) that can be shown from that perspective are shown.