The Zoom Commands

Regardless of scale, you can view the drawing at whatever level of detail you want. There are many viewing options to choose from, giving you the opportunity to decide which is the best. Chapter 1, "Working with the Interface." introduced you to the Realtime Zoom and Pan commands. These commands are pretty much the mainstay as far as quickly manipu- lating the magnification of the drawing. Yet a number of options are available with the Zoom command that give you more specific ways to change how you can view a drawing. These can be selected from a flyout on the Standard toolbar, shown in Figure 11.1.

Figure 11.1. The Zoom flyout contains many of the Zoom commands.

All these commands can be activated transparently or while ...

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