Zoom controls the visual scale of a drawing. It does not affect the physical size of objects as set by the layer scale in the Organization dialog box. Like a magnifying glass, zoom controls how close or far away objects appear on the screen. Zoom in to get a close-up view of a detail, and zoom out to get a broader view of the whole drawing.
If navigation problems occur during a zoom, try disabling the Hardware accelerated 2D navigation VectorWorks preference (see Display Preferences) or adjusting the video card configuration.
VectorWorks includes zoom functionality through the mouse wheel, through buttons on the View bar, and through the Zoom tool on the Basic palette.
On a wheel-mouse, roll the mouse wheel forward to magnify the drawing (the Zoom tool on the Basic palette need not be selected). Roll the mouse wheel backward to zoom out from the drawing.
The mouse wheel behavior is controlled by the Mouse wheel zooms setting in the Edit tab of the VectorWorks Preferences dialog box. If the wheel is set to scroll by default, you must press the Ctrl (Windows) or Option (Macintosh) key while you roll in order to zoom. See Edit Preferences for details.
This feature will not work properly if standard scrolling is disabled in the mouse setup. For example, if the mouse’s scrolling size is set to “none,” mouse zooming in VectorWorks is disabled. (The specific settings required for this feature depend on the type of mouse being used.)
From the View bar, click the Zoom button to double the magnification of the drawing (a single-click on this button performs the same function as a double-click on the Zoom tool on the Basic palette). To reduce the magnification by half, press the Alt key (Windows) or Ctrl key (Macintosh) when you click the Zoom button. To zoom by a specific amount, enter a zoom factor in the View bar, or select one from the pull-down list.
If an object or objects are currently selected, the zoom is centered on those object(s). To zoom on a specific area of the drawing (with nothing selected), click in an open area and then click the Zoom button.
The Zoom tool has two modes.
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Magnifies the portion of the drawing that is within the marquee area; in click-drag mode, simply click once (do not create a marquee box) to double the zoom factor
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With the Zoom tool selected, double-click anywhere in the drawing to automatically activate either the 2D or 3D Selection tool. (If the drawing is in a 3D view, the 3D Selection tool is activated, otherwise, the 2D Selection tool is activated.)
Double-click the Zoom tool on the Basic palette to double the magnification of the drawing. The Zoom In button on the View bar performs the same action.
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Click the Marquee Zoom mode button.
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To zoom out, hold down the Option (Macintosh) or Alt (Windows) key while you draw a marquee box around a portion of the drawing. Click again to zoom out. VectorWorks reduces the magnification to display additional portions of the drawing around the selected section.
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Click the Interactive Zoom mode button.
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Click in the drawing and hold down the mouse button (Macintosh) or left mouse button (Windows) while you move the mouse forward to zoom in on the drawing from the location of the click.
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To zoom out, click in the drawing and hold down the mouse button (Macintosh) or left mouse button (Windows) while you move the mouse backward to zoom out of the drawing from the location of the click.