Navigating Figures
Use the following commands to navigate the active 2D and 3D figures. They are on the Home tab or on the Parts tab in the Navigation group.
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Only commands that are relevant to the active figure will be available.
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Click  Zoom All. |
Resizes the figure so all parts are visible inside the figure window.
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Click  Zoom All Parts. |
Resizes the figure so that all visible content, including parts, explode lines and symbols are visible inside the figure window.
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Click  Zoom Window. In the figure window, drag the  pointer to select a rectangular zoom area. |
The selected zoom area expands to fit the figure window.
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Double-click Zoom Window to keep the tool open while you select a zoom area any number of times.Click Zoom Window again to close the tool. |
Each time you select a zoom area, it expands to fit the figure window.
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Select items and click  Zoom Selected. |
• Resizes the figure so all selected items, including annotations, are visible inside the figure window.
• If an annotation without leader lines is the only selected item, it will pan to the center of the figure window.
• Annotations that reference 3D geometry, such as callouts, zoom both the label and the corresponding item, and move them to the center of the figure window.
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Click  Spin Center, point inside the figure window, and then hold down the middle mouse button. When the pointer becomes a  , drag it to spin the figure.
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Spins the figure around the spin center.
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Click the arrow under Spin Center, and then select  Set Spin Center from the menu. In the figure window, the pointer becomes a  . Point at the new spin center location and click. |
Sets or resets the spin center at the point you select.
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Click Orientation, and then select an orientation from the list.
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Orients the figure.
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Click  Go to Figure View, and either select Go to Figure View or set the current view as Figure View. |
Displays the figure you select.
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