Permits you to pan a box representing the viewing screen around the entire generated portion of the drawing and enlarge or shrink it. Specifies center point and new display height. Magnification relative to current display (1X) Magnification relative to ZOOM All display Forces a regeneration.ĭisplays current drawing content as large as possible.ĭesignates rectangular area to be drawn as large as possible. Places entire drawing (all visible layers) on display at once. The following are basic zoom options: All Panning can also be done by using the window scroll barsĥ.1 ZOOM Increases or decreases the apparent size of objects in the current viewport 1. While in the PAN command, click with the right mouse button to see the following menu. Various screen locations for the mouse brings up different menus.ĥ.2 PAN Shifts the location of a view.SHIFT + the right mouse button brings up the object snap menus.Right Mouse Button Used to enter a command, repeat last command, or access shortcut menus. Press ESC twice to deselect an object (or to cancel a command). Click the left mouse button to select an object area in the drawing. Left Mouse Button Used to pick or select objects 1. Pointing Device (Mouse) AutoCAD uses either a mouse or digitizing tablet to select objects in a drawing. Press the ENTER key on the keyboard or 2. The ENTER key on the keyboard will always act as ENTER, the SPACEBAR and RIGHT MOUSE will act as enter most of the time (exceptions include placing TEXT). Reissuing the Last Command The last used AutoCAD command can be re-entered by one of the following three methods of ENTER. You know you are no longer in an AutoCAD command when you see a blank command line. TIP: Many AutoCAD commands require you to press ENTER to complete the command. Type the desired command at the command prompt. Many commands also have one or two letter aliases that can also be typed as shortcuts to the commands. Typing Commands Typing a Command All AutoCAD commands can be typed in at the command line.