Zoom, Pan and templates - Introduction to AutoCAD 2011: 2D and 3D Design - page 97

REVISION NOTES
1. The Zoom tools are important in that they allow even the smallest parts of drawings to be
examined, amended or modifi ed.
2. The Zoom tools can be called from the sub-menu of the View drop-down menu, or by
entering z or zoom at the command line. The easiest is to enter z at the command line.
3. There are fi ve methods of calling tools for use - selecting a tool icon in a panel from a
group of panels in the Ribbon; entering the name of a tool in full at the command line;
entering an abbreviation for a tool; selecting a tool from a drop-down menu. If working in
the AutoCAD Classic workspace, tools are called from toolbars.
4. When constructing large drawings, the Pan tool and the Aerial View window allow work
to be carried out in any part of a drawing, while showing the whole drawing in the Aerial
View window.
5. An A3 sheet of paper is 420 mm by 297 mm. If a drawing constructed in the template
acadiso.dwt described in this topic, is printed/plotted full size (scale 1:1), each unit in the
drawing will be 1 mm in the print/plot.
6. When limits are set it is essential to call Zoom followed by a (All) to ensure that the limits
of the drawing area are as set.
7. If the right-click menu appears when using tools, the menu can be aborted if required by
setting the SHORTCUTMENU variable to 0.