The Zoom, Shrink, Pan and Home View commands allow you to change the size of the drawing in the front window.
The Zoom function allows you to work on any part of your design by enlarging a particular area to fill the screen.
The zoom function works in any of the Maxsurf drawing windows. To zoom in on a design:
· Select Zoom from the View menu (or the keyboard equivalent Ctrl E).
A set of cross hairs will appear that follow the movements of the mouse. These are used to set the starting position of the zoom rectangle.
· Click and drag the mouse in any direction.
The zoom rectangle will appear and grow as the mouse moves.
· Release the mouse button.
The view contained in the zoom rectangle will be enlarged to fit the screen.
There is a limit on how far you can zoom, and you will find that after continual zooming the image will not enlarge any further.
Note:
If, before releasing the mouse button, you decide that you do not wish to use Zoom, or that you wish to change the starting position of the zoom rectangle, simply return the cursor to within a few pixels of the starting position, release the mouse button, and the cross hairs will reappear.
Choosing Shrink will reduce the size of the displayed image in an active drawing window by a factor of two.
To shrink the displayed image:
· Select Shrink from the View menu
or
· Use the keyboard equivalent, Ctrl R.
Multiple shrinks may be achieved by striking key R the amount of times that you wish to shrink while holding down the Ctrl key.
Choosing Pan allows you to move the image around within a drawing window.
To Pan an image:
· Select Pan from the View menu.
Move the arrow cursor to anywhere within the window.
· Click and drag to a new position.
The image will move with the cursor until the mouse button is released.
You can use the mouse wheel to easily zoom into and out of a design. You can use this feature if you have a mouse with a ‘wheel’ in the centre of the mouse, i.e. Microsoft Intellimouse or Logitech Wheelmouse.
Holding down the mouse wheel to pan is also supported.
Zooming will be directed towards the current mouse position, for example if the mouse is above the bow zooming will be directed towards the bow.
When you select Home View a zoomed or panned image is returned to its original state. This state may be set at any time for any combination of zooming and panning by selecting Set Home View from the View menu.
Maxsurf starts up with default Home View settings, which are based on the Home Views in use the last time the program was operated.