Developing Drawing Strategies: Part 2 - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 228

The drawing slides along with the movement of the cursor. If nec-
essary, zoom in and then pan again until you have the toilet area
centered in the drawing area.
TIP You can also perform a pan , a lateral change in the viewing area
with no change in zoom factor, by holding down the middle mouse but-
ton or scroll wheel. the MBUttONpaN variable must be set to 1 (enter
MBUTTONPAN ↵ 1 ↵ ) for this functionality to be available. Now that most peo-
ple use a wheel mouse, this manner of panning is becoming the preferred
method. rolling the wheel to zoom is also common.
4. Right-click and choose Zoom from the context menu that opens.
Alternatively, you can enter Z ↵↵ at the command line to execute the
Zoom Realtime operation.
Back in the drawing, the cursor changes to a magnifying glass
with plus and minus signs.
5. Position the Zoom Realtime cursor near the top of the drawing and
hold down the left mouse button. Drag the cursor down, and watch
the view being zoomed out in real time. Move the cursor up, still
holding down the mouse button.
Position the cursor in such a way that you have a good view of the
toilet area and then release the mouse button. Right-click again, and
choose Exit from the context menu to end Zoom Realtime.
With Zoom Realtime, moving the cursor to the left or right has no
effect on the view. The magnification is controlled solely by the up-
and-down motion.
These zooming options are convenient tools for adjusting the view of your draw-
ing. Let's move on to the toilet first. You need to find a way to position the toilet
accurately, centering it between the wall and shower. The midpoint of the left wall
line isn't useful because the wall line runs behind the shower. You'll have to use a
reference point to locate the starting point for the toilet tank. The lower-left corner
of the tank is 5 ″ (127 mm) from the bottom wall and 1 ″ (25 mm) from the left wall.
Because there is no osnap feature to define the location on the left wall, you will use
the From osnap to locate the corner.
1. Make sure 05A-FPLAY6.dwg is open.
2. Start the RECTANGLE command and click the Snap From button in
the Object Snap toolbar.
At the Base point: prompt, click the lower-left inside corner of the
bathroom.