View control

In BricsCAD® you can control the display of your drawing in various ways:

  • By using the mouse and keyboard. See also the View manipulation using the mouse and keyboard article.
  • By using the View commands. See also the View commands overview article.
  • By using the LookFrom control. See also the Using the LookFrom control article.
The most frequently used view manipulations are:
Action Mouse Command LookFrom
View Extents Double-click the scroll wheel Zoom > Extents Clicking a trigger zone rotates the view and zooms to the extents of the drawing.
Zoom Scroll wheel Zoom > InZoom > Out
Pan Hold down the scroll wheel
Note: When the MBUTTONPAN system variable = ON
Pan
Restore Plan View (Top View) Plan > Current UCS Click the center trigger zone.