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Zoom To Area: When you drag the diagonal of a rectangle in the display area, the display
zooms to fit it to the current window. The border size around the fit area is fixed and cannot
be adjusted. This only zooms in, not out.
Zoom In/Out: Drag the mouse up or down to zoom in or out, respectively. You can also access
this command by holding down the Shift key and dragging up or down with the MMB. The
hotkey Z and Shift+Z work for Zoom Out and Zoom In, respectively. The percentage of the
zoom is a fixed amount and cannot be adjusted. You can also use the scroll wheel to zoom in
and out, and if you are accustomed to using a different CAD product where the scroll works
the opposite way, a setting exists at Tools ➢ Options ➢ View that allows you to reverse the
function of the scroll wheel.
Zoom To Selection: This resizes the screen to fit the selection. You can also access this
command by right-clicking or left-clicking a feature in the FeatureManager. For example, if
you select a sketch from the FeatureManager and right-click and select Zoom To Selection, the
view positions the sketch in the middle of the screen and resizes the sketch to match the
display. The view does not rotate with Zoom To Selection.
TIP a reciprocal function to zoom to selection enables you to find an item in the tree from graphics
window geometry. if you right-click a face of the model, then you can select go to Feature in tree,
which highlights the parent feature. this function has been relegated to the expanded menu, so you
may have to click the double arrow at the bottom of the RMB menu to see it.

Zoom About Screen Center: This enables you to zoom straight in and straight out. This tool is
off by default. The default behavior is that zooming with the scroll wheel works around the
cursor. If the cursor is off to one side, zooming in and out can cause the view to “walk” away
from that side. Turning on Zoom About Screen Center is not dependent on the location of the
cursor. If you are frustrated with how zooming with the scroll wheel works, try this setting
and see if you like it better. This command is found only in the menus at View ➢ Modify and
does not have an icon.
Rotate View: This enables you to orbit around the part or assembly using the left mouse
button (LMB). You can also access this command by using the MMB without the toolbar icon.
Roll View: This spins the view on the plane of the screen, similar to Rotate View with
the Alt key.
Pan: This scrolls the view flat to the screen by dragging the mouse. You can also access this
command by holding down the Ctrl key and dragging the MMB without using the toolbar
icon; another way to access it is with Ctrl+arrow.
3D Drawing View: This enables you to rotate the model within a drawing view to make
selections that would otherwise be difficult or impossible. This is available only in drawing
documents.
View Orientation (Standard Views flyout) toolbar: View Orientation is discussed later in this
chapter. The flyout enables you to access all the Standard Views tools. This button is also
called the View Orientation flyout, depending on where you see it.
Wireframe: This displays the model edges without the shaded faces. No edges are hidden.