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Using Zoom and Pan

Using Zoom and Pan - AutoCAD Tutorial

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Using Zoom and Pan

- [Instructor] We're staying in our polylines.dwg file and you'll even notice that I've left the drawing in the same state as it was at the end of the last video. In fact, I've even left the draw panel pinned open. So let's unpin that. So that goes back into the ribbons. So the draw panel goes back into the ribbon like so. Now we're in the polylines.dwg file but I want to bring to your attention here is how we zoom and pan effectively in an AutoCAD drawing. How do we navigate our AutoCAD drawings quickly and easily? Well, there's a number of commands that you can use. One of the quickest ones is if you get lost in an AutoCAD drawing, simply double-click on the wheel of your mouse. If I double-click, watch what happens. You'll see that it zooms to the extent of the visible objects in the drawing. I'm in the model tab here and it's zoomed to the extent of all the visible objects. We can see…

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