-ZOOM -PAN -UNITS

-MTEXT -STYLE -VIEW

COMPILED BY: SHILPI M/BFT/09/28 NIFT MUMBAI

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ZOOM
Enlarges or reduces the display magnification of the drawing, without changing the actual size of the entities You can change the magnification of a view by zooming in and out, which is similar to zooming in and out with a camera. ZOOM does not change the absolute size of objects in the drawing; it changes only the magnification of the view. Use ZOOM Previous to return quickly to the prior view. The options described here are the options most commonly used

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Zoom to Magnify a Specified Rectangular Area: You can quickly zoom on a rectangular area of your drawing by specifying two diagonal corners of the area you are interested in. The lower-left corner of the area you specify becomes the lower-left corner of the new display. The shape of the zoom area you specify does not correspond exactly to the new view, which must fit the shape of the viewport.

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Zoom in Real Time: With the Real time option, you zoom dynamically by moving your pointing device up or down. By right-clicking, you can display a shortcut menu with additional viewing options. Zoom to Magnify One or More Objects: ZOOM Objects displays a view with the largest possible magnification that includes all of the objects you selected. Zoom to View All Objects in the Drawing: ZOOM Extents displays a view with the largest possible magnification that includes all of the objects in the drawing. This view includes objects on layers that are turned off but does not include objects on frozen layers. ZOOM All displays either the user-defined grid limits or the drawing extents, whichever view is larger.

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To zoom by dragging 1 Click View menu Zoom Realtime. 2 When the hand cursor appears, hold down the button on your pointing device and drag vertically to zoom in and out. 3 Press ENTER, press ESC, or right-click to exit. Command line: ZOOM To zoom in to an area by specifying its boundaries 1 Click View menu Zoom Window. 2 Specify one corner of the rectangular area you want to view. 3 Specify the opposite corner. You automatically choose the Window option when you specify a point immediately after starting the ZOOM command. Command line: ZOOM Shortcut menu: With the ZOOM command active, right-click in the drawing area. Click Zoom Window.

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To display the drawing extents by zooming Click View menu Zoom Extents. All objects in the drawing are displayed to be as large as possible and still fit in the current viewport or the drawing area. Command line: ZOOM Shortcut menu: With the ZOOM command active, right-click in the drawing area. Click Zoom Extents.

To display the area of the grid limits by zooming Click View menu Zoom All. The limits of the drawing grid fill the current viewport or the drawing area. If there are any objects outside the grid limits, they are also included. Command line: ZOOM To restore the previous view

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To restore the previous view Click View menu Zoom Previous. Zoom Previous restores only the view magnification and position, not the previous content of an edited drawing. Command line: ZOOM Shortcut menu: With the ZOOM command active, right-click in the drawing area. Click Zoom Original.

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PAN

You can pan to reposition the view in the drawing area or zoom to change magnification. With the Real-time option of PAN, you pan dynamically by moving your pointing device. Like panning with a camera, PAN does not change the location or magnification of objects on your drawing; it changes only the view. To pan by dragging 1 Click View menu Pan Realtime. 2 When the hand cursor appears, hold down the button on your pointing device as you move. If you are using a wheel mouse, hold down the wheel button and move the mouse. 3 Press ENTER, press ESC, or right-click to exit. Command line: PAN

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To pan by specifying points 1 Click View menu Pan Point. 2 Specify a base point. This is the point you want to change. 3 Specify a second (pan to) point. This is the new location for the point you selected first. Command line: PAN

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Ribbon: View tab > Navigate panel > Pan Toolbar: Standard Menu: View > Pan > Real time Shortcut menu: With no objects selected, right-click in the drawing area and choose Pan. Command entry: pan (or 'pan for transparent use) The cursor changes to a hand cursor. By holding down the pick button on the pointing device, you lock the cursor to its current location relative to the viewport coordinate system. The drawing display is moved in the same direction as the cursor. When you reach a logical extent (edge of the drawing space), a bar is displayed on the hand cursor on that edge. Depending on whether the logical extent is at the top, bottom, or side of the drawing, the bar is either horizontal (top or bottom) or vertical (left or right side).

When you release the pick button, panning stops. You can release the pick button, move the cursor to another location in the drawing, and then press the pick button again to pan the display from that location. To stop panning at any time, press ENTER or ESC. Page 11

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Specify base point or displacement: Specify a point The Command prompt version of PAN works in two ways. You can specify a single point, indicating the relative displacement of the drawing with respect to the current location, or (more commonly) you can specify two points, in which case the displacement is computed from the first point to the second point.

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Specify second point: Press ENTER or specify another point

If you press ENTER, the drawing is moved by the amount you specified in the Specify Base Point or Displacement prompt. For example, if you specify 2,2 at the first prompt and press ENTER at the second prompt, the drawing is moved 2 units in the X direction and 2 units in the Y direction. If you specify a point at the Specify Second Point prompt, the location of the first point is moved to the location of the second point. You cannot use PAN transparently during VPOINT or DVIEW, or while another ZOOM, PAN, or VIEW command is in progress. Page 13

UNITS
Selects coordinate and angle display format and precision. In the Units area of you can obtain equivalent values for different units of measurement. Unit are available for length, area, volume, and angular values

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MTEXT
A multiline text (mtext) object includes one or more paragraphs of text that can be manipulated as a single object.

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To Create Multiline Text

Click Home tab> Annotation panel >Multiline Text. Specify opposite corners of a bounding box to define the width of the multiline text object. If the ribbon is active, the MTEXT ribbon contextual tab displays. If the ribbon is not active, the In-Place Text Editor is displayed. To indent the first line of each paragraph, drag the first-line indent slider on the ruler. To indent the other lines of each paragraph, drag the paragraph slider. To set tabs, click the ruler where you want a tab stop. If you want to use a text style other than the default, on the ribbon, click the Annotate tab, Text panel. Select the desired text style from the drop-down list. Enter text. Text that would otherwise be difficult to read (if it is very small, very large, or is rotated) is displayed at a legible size and is oriented horizontally so that you can easily read and edit it. To override the current text style, select text as follows:
To select one or more letters, click and drag the pointing device over the characters. To select a word, double-click the word. To select a paragraph, triple-click the paragraph.

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 On the ribbon, make format changes as follows:

To change the font of the selected text, select a font from the list. To change the height of the selected text, enter a new value in the Height box.

The MText height value is reset to 0 if its default height is not modified during creation.
To format text in a TrueType font with boldface or italics, or to create underlined or over lined text for any font, click the corresponding button on the ribbon. SHX fonts do not support boldface or italics. To apply color to selected text, choose a color from the Color list. Click Other to display the Select Color dialog box.

To save your changes and exit the editor, use one of the following methods:
On the MTEXT ribbon contextual tab, in the Close panel, click Close Text Editor. Click in the drawing outside the editor. Press CTRL+ENTER.

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Insert Symbols Or Special Characters In Multiline Text

If the ribbon is active, double-click a multiline text object to open the MTEXT ribbon contextual tab. If the ribbon is not active, the In-Place Text Editor is displayed. On either the ribbon contextual tab or expanded toolbar, click Symbol. Click one of the options on the menu, or click Other to display the Character Map dialog box. In the Character Map dialog box, select a font. Select a character, and use one of the following methods:
To insert a single character, drag the selected character into the editor. To insert multiple characters, click Select to add each character to the Characters to Copy box. When you have all the characters you want, click Copy. Right-click in the editor. Click Paste.

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To Add An Opaque Background Or Fill To A Multiline Text Object

If the ribbon is active, double-click a multiline text object to open the MTEXT ribbon contextual tab. If the ribbon is not active, the In-Place Text Editor is displayed. On the ribbon contextual tab, click Background Mask. In the editor, right-click. Click Background Mask. In the Background Mask dialog box, select Use Background Mask. Enter a value for Border Offset Factor. The value is based on the text height. A factor of 1.0 exactly fits the multiline text object. A factor of 1.5 (the default) extends the background by 0.5 times the text height. Under Fill Color, do one of the following: Select the Use Drawing Background Color option. Select a color for the background, or click Select Color to open the Select Color dialog box. Click OK to return to the editor. The opaque background is applied when you exit the editor.

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Justification Of Multiline Text

Justification of multiline text objects controls both text alignment and text flow relative to the text insertion point. Justification controls both text alignment and text flow relative to the text insertion point. Text is left-justified and right-justified with respect to the boundary rectangle that defines the text width. Text flows from the insertion point, which can be at the middle, the top, or the bottom of the resulting text object.

There are nine justification settings for multiline text.

Click View tab > Palettes panel > Properties. Select the multiline text object. On the Properties palette, select one of the Justification options. Click outside the Properties palette.

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To Format Multiline Text As A List

Click Home tab > Annotation panel > Multiline Text. Specify opposite corners of a bounding box to define the width of the multiline text object. To expand the Text Formatting toolbar, click Options button Show Options. If you are converting multiline text to a list, select the paragraphs. List formatting is only available when the Allow Bullets and Lists option is checked (the default). On the expanded toolbar, click Numbering, Bullets, or Uppercase Letters. Numbering. Uses numbers with periods for the items in a list. Bullets. Uses a bullet or other character for the items in a list. Uppercase Letters. Uses uppercase letters with periods for the items in a list. If the list has more items than the alphabet has letters, the sequence continues by using double letters. To use lowercase letters, right-click in the editor. Click Bullets and Lists Lettered Lowercase. If you are creating new list items, enter the text. To end the list, press ENTER to move to a new line. Click the button that you clicked to start the list.

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To Change The Line Spacing Of Multiline Text

Click View tab > Palettes panel > Properties. Select the multiline text object you want to edit. In the Properties palette, for Line Space Style, select one of the following:
At Least. Adjusts lines of text automatically based on the height of the largest character in the line. More space is added between lines of text with taller characters. This is the default setting. Exactly. Forces the line spacing to be the same size for all lines of text regardless of format differences such as font or text height.

Change the line spacing by entering a new value for either of the following options. The two line spacing options provide different ways to set the same thing:
Line Space Factor. Sets the line spacing to a multiple of single-line spacing. Single spacing is 1.66 times the height of the text characters. Line Space Distance. Sets the line spacing to an absolute value measured in drawing units. Valid values must be between 0.0833 and 1.3333.

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Stack Text
Characters representing fractions and tolerances can be formatted to conform to several standards. Stacked text refers to the fraction and tolerance formats applied to characters within multiline text object and multileaders. You use special characters to indicate how selected text should be stacked. Slash (/) stacks text vertically, separated by a horizontal line. Pound sign (#) stacks text diagonally, separated by a diagonal line. Carat (^) creates a tolerance stack, which is stacked vertically and not separated by a line. To stack characters manually within the In-Place Text Editor, select the text to be formatted, including the special stacking character, and click the Stack button on the Text Formatting toolbar.

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STYLE
Creates, modifies, or specifies text styles.
Ribbon: Home tab >Annotation panel > Text Style Menu: Format > Text Style Toolbar: Text Command entry: style (or 'style for transparent use) The Text Style dialog box is displayed. If you enter -style at the Command prompt, options are displayed. You can specify the current text style to determine the appearance of all new text. A text style includes the font, size, oblique angle, orientation, and other text characteristics.

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Current Text Style Lists the current text style. Styles Displays the list of styles in the drawing. The list contains defined style names and displays the current style that is selected by default. To change the current style, select another style from the list or choose New to create a new style. A icon before the style name indicates that the style is annotative. Style names can be up to 255 characters long. They can contain letters, numbers, and the special characters dollar sign ($), underscore (_), and hyphen (-). Style List Filter The drop-down list specifies whether all styles or only the styles in use are displayed in the styles list. Preview Displays sample text that changes dynamically as you change fonts and modify the effects.

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Font Changes the style's font. Size Changes the size of the text. Effects Modifies characteristics of the font, such as its height, width factor, and obliquing angle and whether it is displayed upside down, backwards, or vertically aligned. Set Current Sets the style selected under Styles to current. New Displays the New Text Style dialog box and automatically supplies the name stylen (where n is the number of the supplied style) for the current settings. You can accept the default or enter a name and choose OK to apply the current style settings to the new style name. Delete Deletes unused text styles. Apply Applies style changes made in the dialog box to the current style and to the text of the current style in the drawing. Page 29

VIEW
Saves the current graphic display and space as a named view, or restores a saved view and space to the display

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Current. Displays the current view and its View and Clipping properties
Camera X For current and model views only, displays the X coordinate of the views camera. Camera Y For current and model views only, displays the Y coordinate of the views camera. Camera Z For current and model views only, displays the Z coordinate of the views camera.

Model Views. Displays a list of named views and cameras, and lists General, View, and Clipping properties for a selected view. Layout Views. Displays a list of viewports on a layout that define a view, and lists General and View properties for a selected view. Preset Views. Displays a list of orthogonal and isometric views, and lists the General properties for a selected view.

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