Zoom – BricsCAD Help Center

Changes the size of the drawing larger and smaller visually within the current viewport.

Note: To zoom in and out at any time, roll the mouse's wheel back and forth; the zoom is centered at the cursor location, which is handy for zooming into a specific entity.

Accessing the Command

command bar: zoom
transparent: 'zoom
alias: z
menu bar: View | Zoom
ribbon: View | Zoom | Zoom
toolbar: Zoom |

: Zoom

Prompts you in the command bar:

Zoom [zoom In/zoom Out/All/Center/Dynamic/Extents/Left/Previous/Right/Scale (nx/nxp)/Window/OBject] <Scale (nX/nXP)>: (Enter an option, or pick two points for a windowed zoom, or enter a zoom factor)

Command Options

Option	Description
Scale	Specifies the absolute zoom scale factor: Less than 1 - makes the drawing appear smaller. 1 - keeps the drawing the same size. More than 1 - makes the drawing appear larger.
nX	Specifies the zoom factor relative to the current zoom For example, 2x makes the current view twice as large.
nXP	Specifies the zoom factor in paper space relative to model space. For example, 2xp makes the model space view twice as large as the surrounding paper space.
In	Zooms in by 50%, equivalent to Zoom 0.5
Out	Zooms out by 50%, equivalent to Zoom 2
All	Displays the entire drawing; zooms to the larger of: Drawing limits - see the Limits command Extents of drawing - excludes entities on frozen layers
Center	Zooms in or out about a specified center point; prompts you: Center of view - (pick a point or enter x,y coordinates.) Enter zoom factor (nX/nXP), or view height - (enter a zoom factor or view height.) The view height defines the zoom; it is the height of the current viewport:
Dynamic	Pans and zooms using a rectangular box which represents the viewport; this command is largely replaced by real-time zooming. This option first executes a zoom extents or zoom limits to show the original size of the viewport as a dashed rectangle. Adjust the size of the view box dynamically, then pan it to the part of the drawing you want to view. Click to switch between the two modes. X - zoom mode -> (arrow) - pan mode
Extents	Displays the drawing to the extents of entities; limits and frozen entities are ignored.
Left	Zooms in or out with the lower left corner specified by a point; prompts you: Lower left corner - (pick a point or enter x,y coordinates.) Enter zoom factor (nX/nXP), or view height - (enter a zoom factor or view height.) The view height defines the zoom; it is the height of the current viewport.
Previous	Displays the previous view, whether set by the Zoom, Pan, or View commands.
Right	Zooms in or out with the upper right corner specified by a point; prompts you: Upper right corner - (pick a point or enter x,y coordinates.) Enter zoom factor (nX/nXP), or view height - (enter a zoom factor or view height.) The view height defines the zoom; it is the height of the current viewport.
Window	Zooms in to a rectangular area; prompts you: First corner - (pick a point or enter x,y coordinates.) Opposite corner - (pick another point or enter x,y coordinates.)
OBject	Zooms in on a single entity or a selection set; prompts you: Select an entity - (select one or more entities.) Entities in set: 1 Select an entity - (select more entities or eles press Enter* to zoom in on the selection set.)*