AutoCAD 2018 and Inventor 2018 Tutorial By Tutorial Books (www.engbookspdf.com)

Part 1: AutoCAD Basics
Using Zoom-Scale
Using the Zoom-Scale tool, you can zoom in or
zoom out of a drawing by entering zoom scale
factors directly from your keyboard.
Enter 10X in the command line to magnify the
location of point by ten times.
Click Zoom > Zoom Scale on the
Navigation Bar. The message, “Enter a scale
factor (nX or nXP)” appears in the
command line.
Enter the scale factor 0.25 to scale the
drawing to 25% of the full view.
Enter the scale factor 0.25X to scale the
drawing to 25% of the current view.
Enter the scale factor 0.25XP to scale the
drawing to 25% of the paper space.
Using Zoom-Center
Using the Zoom Center tool, you can zoom to an
area of the drawing based on a center point and
magnification value.
Click Zoom > Zoom Center on the Navigation
Bar; the message, “Specify Center point”
appears in the command line.
Select a point in the drawing to which you want
to zoom in; the message, “Enter magnification
or height” appears in the command line.
Using Zoom-Object
Using the Zoom Object tool, you can magnify a
portion of the drawing by selecting one or more
objects.
Click Zoom > Zoom Object on the Navigation
Bar.
Select one or more objects from the drawing and
press ENTER; the objects will be magnified.
Using Zoom-In
Using the Zoom In tool, you can magnify the
drawing by a scale factor of 2.
Click Zoom > Zoom-In on the Navigation Bar;
the drawing is magnified to double.
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