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Exercise: Zoom and Pan in the Drawing Page 1 of 5
Exercise: Zoom and Pan in the Drawing

In this exercise, you open an existing drawing and use
the Zoom and Pan tools to view different areas.
1. Open C_Displaying-Objects.dwg.
2. On the View Tab, click Navigate Panel > Pan.
3. Alternatively:
l Right-click anywhere in the drawing area.

Click Pan.
l Click and hold the mouse button and drag
to change your view of the drawing.
4. While still panning the drawing, press and hold
SHIFT.
Note: This temporarily restricts the movement of

the pan from any direction to orthogonal mode.
5. Right-click anywhere in the drawing. Click Exit to
end the Pan command.
Note: You can also press ESC to end the

command.
6. On the status bar, click Zoom. Enter E in the
command line to select the Extents option.
Notice how the view changes.
Note: If you have a three-button mouse with a

scroll wheel, you can double-click the wheel
button for the Zoom Extents command.
7. Zoom in real time:
l On the status bar, click Zoom.

l Press ENTER to select real time.
l Click and hold your mouse button and
move the cursor up.
l Still holding the mouse button, move the
cursor down.
l Notice that as you move the cursor up,
the drawing zooms in and as you move
the cursor down, it zooms out.
Note: You can also activate the Zoom Realtime

command by rotating the wheel on a wheel
mouse. Rotating the wheel away from you
zooms in, and rotating toward you zooms out.
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8. Zoom to a window:
l On the View tab, click Navigate panel >

Zoom drop-down > Window.
l Click two points around the center section
of the drawing as shown by the arrows in
the following illustration.
9. Pan to the lower left corner of the drawing.

10. On the View tab, click Navigate panel > Zoom
drop-down > Previous. This returns you to the
last view of the drawing that you zoomed or
panned to.
Note: Only the last 10 view changes are saved.

11. Close all files. Do not save.
Exercise: Hands-On Tour

In this exercise, you open an existing drawing. You use
display commands and explore the user interface.
1. Open C_Hummer-Elevation.dwg.
Because the drawing was last saved with the

Color layout view active, the drawing opens to
that layout.
2. On the status bar, click Zoom. Enter E and press

ENTER to select the Zoom Extents option. The
drawing is magnified to fill the screen. If your
workstation is equipped with a wheel mouse,
double-clicking the roller button also selects
Zoom Extents.
3. Use the wheel mouse, if you have it. Position the
cursor to the left of the top view and roll the

wheel forward then backward. If you do not have
a wheel mouse, right-click anywhere in the
drawing window and click Zoom. Hold the left
button down and drag the mouse up and down.
See how the magnification changes.

drop-down > Extents to view the entire drawing
layout.
5. Now you switch the drawing view to model

space, which is where the geometry for the
drawing resides. On the status bar, at the bottom
of the AutoCAD window and to the right, click
Model.

drop-down list > Window. Click near the points
indicated in the following illustration to magnify
the area defined by the window.

drop-down list > Previous. This returns you to
the previous view.
8. On the Quick Access toolbar, click Save.
9. In the Application Menu, select File > Close.
10. In the Application Menu, top right, you see a list

of previously opened files for quick access.
Select the C_Hummer-Elevation drawing. Notice

that it is opened to the last view in which it was
saved.
11. On the bottom right of the AutoCAD window,
click Layout to activate the color layout. Close
the drawing.
12. Now you start a new drawing. On the Quick

Access toolbar, click New.
13. In the Select Template dialog box, click the

arrow next to Open. Click Open with no
Template - Imperial. This opens a blank drawing
with basic settings that you can change, such as
the units format.
Note: For AutoCAD LT users, click acadlt.dwt.

14. Move your cursor near the upper right corner of
your drawing area. Observe that the coordinate
readout shows a screen size of about 12 x 9
units.
15. Close all files. Do not save.

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Exercise: Zoom and Pan in the Drawing Page 1 of 5

Exercise: Zoom and Pan in the Drawing

l Right-click anywhere in the drawing area.

Note: This temporarily restricts the movement of

Note: You can also press ESC to end the

Note: If you have a three-button mouse with a

7. Zoom in real time:

l On the status bar, click Zoom.

Note: You can also activate the Zoom Realtime

l On the View tab, click Navigate panel >

9. Pan to the lower left corner of the drawing.

Note: Only the last 10 view changes are saved.

Exercise: Hands-On Tour

Because the drawing was last saved with the

2. On the status bar, click Zoom. Enter E and press

3. Use the wheel mouse, if you have it. Position the

cursor to the left of the top view and roll the

4. On the View tab, click Navigate panel > Zoom

5. Now you switch the drawing view to model

6. On the View tab, click Navigate panel > Zoom

7. On the View tab, click Navigate panel > Zoom

9. In the Application Menu, select File > Close.

10. In the Application Menu, top right, you see a list

Select the C_Hummer-Elevation drawing. Notice

12. Now you start a new drawing. On the Quick

13. In the Select Template dialog box, click the

Note: For AutoCAD LT users, click acadlt.dwt.

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