Zoom

Toolbar	Menu	Shortcut	Alias
Popup Render Sidebar Set View Standard View	View Zoom Viewport title Pan, Zoom, Rotate Layout title Zoom Detail title Pan, Zoom, Rotate	Ctrl + W Ctrl + (Mouse wheel)	Z=Zoom ZE=Zoom Extents ZEA=Zoom All Extents ZS=Zoom Selected ZSA=Zoom All Selected

Toolbar

Shortcut

Alias

Toolbar: Popup | Render Sidebar | Set View | Standard | View

Popup
Render Sidebar
Set View
Standard
View

View

Zoom

Viewport title

Pan, Zoom, Rotate

Layout title

Zoom

Detail title

Pan, Zoom, Rotate

Ctrl + W

Ctrl + Right-click button

Mouse wheel (Mouse wheel)

Z=Zoom

ZE=Zoom Extents

ZEA=Zoom All Extents

ZS=Zoom Selected

ZSA=Zoom All Selected

The Zoom command moves the viewport camera point toward and away from the target point.

Command-line options
Window (default)	Draws a window to define the view Hold down the left mouse button and drag a rectangle in a viewport to define the view.
All	Zooms all viewports. Extents Zooms all viewports to show all objects. Shortcut Ctrl + Alt + E Selected Zooms all viewports to show all selected objects. 1to1 Zooms all viewports so that the views are full scale.
Dynamic	Zooms the view as you drag the mouse. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse up and down to zoom in and out.
Extents	Zooms the view to show all objects. Shortcut Ctrl + Shift + E
Factor	Zooms the view in or out the specified amount. Values greater than 1 zoom in; values between 0 and 1 zoom out.
In	Zooms the view in.
Out	Zooms the view out.
Selected	Zooms the view to show all selected objects.
Target	Zooms the view by specifying a target and window. Pick a location for the view center. A rectangular window forms to define the zoom with the target as the view center. When you rotate a view after Zoom Target, the scene will rotate about the target. This is particularly useful in perspective views.
1To1	Zooms the active viewport so that the view is full scale. The command must be calibrated for this command to work properly. In perspective views, only objects on the target plane will be displayed full scale; in parallel views objects on any plane perpendicular to the camera axis are displayed full scale. The model must have units set.

Mouse or Keys	Shortcut	Zoom Action
	Mouse wheel	Zoom In and Out
	Ctrl + Right-mouse	Zoom Dynamic
	Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Right-mouse	ZoomLens
	Z	Zoom
	Page Up	Zoom In
	Page Down	Zoom Out
	Ctrl + W	Zoom Window
	Ctrl + Shift +E	Zoom Extents
	Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E	Zoom Extents All Viewports

Related commands

DollyZoom

Toolbar	Menu
Lens Length Render Sidebar Set View View	View Viewport title Set Camera > Adjust Lens Length and Dolly

Toolbar

Toolbar: Lens Length | Render Sidebar | Set View | View

Lens Length
Render Sidebar
Set View
View

View

Viewport title

Set Camera >

Adjust Lens Length and Dolly

The DollyZoom command moves the camera location and changes the lens length at the same time, keeping the objects at the target plane about the same size.

DollyZoom is effective in Perspective viewports only.

Steps

Click the left mouse button in the viewport and drag.
When the cursor moves near the viewport corners, a snapping mode is enabled. The Lens length of the view camera snaps in 5 mm increments.

Zoom1To1Calibrate

Toolbar	Menu
Set View View	View Viewport title Zoom One to One Calibration

Toolbar

Toolbar: Set View | View

Set View
View

View

Viewport title

Zoom One to One Calibration

The Zoom1To1Calibrate command calibrates the screen for the Zoom command, 1To1 option.

Steps

Measure the bar on the screen with a ruler.
Type the length and unit system in the calibration box.

ZoomLens

Toolbar	Menu	Shortcut
Render Sidebar Set View View	View Viewport title Set Camera > Adjust Lens Length	Ctrl + Shift + Alt +

Toolbar

Shortcut

Toolbar: Render Sidebar | Set View | View

Render Sidebar
Set View
View

View

Viewport title

Set Camera >

Adjust Lens Length

Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Right-click button

The ZoomLens command adjusts the lens length of the viewport camera in a perspective view.

Command-line options
In	Makes the lens length longer.
Out	Makes the lens length shorter.

ZoomNaked

Toolbar	Menu
Edge Tools	Not on menus.

Toolbar

Toolbar: Edge Tools

Edge Tools

Not on menus.

The ZoomNaked command finds and marks naked edges.

Steps

Select objects.
The active view zooms to display the first naked edge.

Command-line options
All	Zooms to all naked edges.
Current	Zooms to the current naked edge. This useful if you zoom out with the mouse and want to zoom back in.
Next	Zooms to the next naked edge. If the selected objects have only one naked edge, this option is not displayed.
Previous	Zooms to the previous naked edge. If the selected objects have only one naked edge, this option is not displayed.
Mark	Marks the current naked edge by adding point objects at each end. If the All option was previously selected, all naked edges are marked.

ZoomNonManifold

Toolbar	Menu
Select	Not on menus.

Toolbar

Toolbar: Select

Select

Not on menus.

The ZoomNonManifold command finds and marks non-manifold edges on selected objects.

Command-line options
All	Zooms to all naked edges.
Current	Zooms to the current naked edge. This useful if you zoom out with the mouse and want to zoom back in.
Next	Zooms to the next naked edge. If the selected objects have only one naked edge, this option is not displayed.
Previous	Zooms to the previous naked edge. If the selected objects have only one naked edge, this option is not displayed.
Mark	Marks the current naked edge by adding point objects at each end. If the All option was previously selected, all naked edges are marked.

SetZoomExtentsBorder

Toolbar	Menu
Not on toolbars.	Not on menus.

Toolbar

Not on toolbars.

Not on menus.

The SetZoomExtentsBorder command sets the amount of blank space between objects and the viewport edges when the Zoom command, Extents option is used.

After the object extents bounding box is calculated, this box is scaled based on the scale factors set by this command, increasing the space between objects and the viewport borders.

Specify a scale for the view border.

Command-line options
Scale factor	Greater than 1 Increases the space between objects and the viewport borders. Less than 1 Decreases the space between objects and the viewport borders.
ParallelView	Sets the border size for parallel views.
PerspectiveView	Sets the border size for perspective views.

Command-line options

Scale factor

Greater than 1

Increases the space between objects and the viewport borders.

Less than 1

Decreases the space between objects and the viewport borders.

ParallelView

Sets the border size for parallel views.

PerspectiveView

Sets the border size for perspective views.

Zoom

Extents

Shortcut

Selected

1to1

Shortcut

Related commands

DollyZoom

Steps

Zoom1To1Calibrate

Steps

ZoomLens

ZoomNaked

Steps

ZoomNonManifold

SetZoomExtentsBorder

Greater than 1

Less than 1

See also