Zoom In

Zoom In will increase the magnification of the model in the active view, so that the new view area is 90% of the old view area.

Zoom In is useful when you quickly want to zoom in on the model. You can keep selecting Zoom In as many times as necessary. If you want to zoom in on a specific area of interest, then use the Zoom Window option, rather than Zoom In.

Zoom In is available in:

• The Zoom sub-menu of the View menu
• The Zoom toolbar
• The F5 function key
• The Home key

Mouse Wheel Zoom

A handy shortcut for zooming is to use the mouse wheel. You can quickly zoom in or out by rotating the mouse wheel forward or backward.

There are two modes available for the mouse wheel zoom. The focal point of the zoom can be centred at:

• the current cursor location OR
• at the center of the view

as selected in the Preferences dialog. By default the zoom is centred at the current cursor location. If you want the mouse wheel to zoom at the center of the view, then go to the Preferences dialog in the File menu and clear the Mouse wheel zoom at mouse pointer check box.