Zooming and panning in drawings
The zooming commands in the context menu in drawings allow you to focus on a particular area, or pull out for a wider view. You can also use the mouse, keyboard shortcuts or Quick Launch. You can also pan (move) the drawings.
TRUE
. When the smart pan is enabled while you pan or zoom a heavy
drawing with lots of graphics, the whole screen is not drawn, empty space is left on the
edges, and zooming and panning is faster. The default setting is FALSE
, because using the optimization sometimes results in an unwanted
checkerboard effect.The point at which the level of detail is reduced in drawings was set earlier starting from the Tekla Structures version 2020. This means that zooming out in drawings drops details earlier than before. As a result, overall zooming and panning is smoother, while some drawing content is simplified and some is left out when zoomed out to certain extent. The effect is easy to notice in large drawings with a high amount of content.
The change in the level of detail affects:
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Hidden lines, which are not drawn
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Very short lines, which are not drawn
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Hatches, which are drawn as a cloud of points
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Text, which is replaced by a line
Zoom in and out
You can use a variety of tools to zoom in and out in the drawing. By default, the mouse pointer position determines the center point of zooming.
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Zoom in |
Do one of the following:
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Zoom out |
Do one of the following:
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Zoom to selected objects |
Shift+Space is the default shortcut for the Zoom selected command. You can also go to Quick Launch, type Zoom selected and select the command from the list. Zoom selected works for any drawing objects that you select inside and outside the drawing views, and also for selected views. Note that Zoom selected also works for templates. |
Restore the original zoom level |
Do one of the following:
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Return to the previous zoom level |
Do one of the following:
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Create a zoom window |
You can also go to Quick Launch, enter Create zoom window and select the command from the list. |
Pan in drawings
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Activate panning |
Do one of the following:
In an open drawing, the Pan command moves the whole drawing. The pointer will change to a hand. Click and drag the mouse to move the drawing anywhere within the window.
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Activate middle mouse button pan |
Do one of the following:
When middle mouse button panning is active, the text Pan is shown at the bottom of the Tekla Structures window. Hold down the middle mouse button and drag the drawing anywhere within the window.
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