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Chapter5 Basic Display Commands

This document discusses basic display commands in AutoCAD including zoom, pan, redraw, regen, and blipmode. It provides instructions on how to use each command including typing the command at the prompt or using icons/menus. Tips are also included such as being able to right click for zoom options or that panning can be done with scroll bars. Redraw refreshes the current view while regen regenerates the entire drawing and recomputes screen coordinates. Blipmode controls the display of marker blips when editing.

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Chapter5 Basic Display Commands

This document discusses basic display commands in AutoCAD including zoom, pan, redraw, regen, and blipmode. It provides instructions on how to use each command including typing the command at the prompt or using icons/menus. Tips are also included such as being able to right click for zoom options or that panning can be done with scroll bars. Redraw refreshes the current view while regen regenerates the entire drawing and recomputes screen coordinates. Blipmode controls the display of marker blips when editing.

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AutoCAD 2D Tutorial

Chapter 5
Basic Display Commands

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AutoCAD 2D Tutorial

5.1 ZOOM

Increases or decreases the apparent size of objects in the current


viewport
1. Choose View, Zoom.
or
2. Click a Zoom icon.
or
3. Type ZOOM at the command prompt.
Command: Zoom or Z
4. Type One of the following zoom options:

The following are basic zoom options:


All Places entire drawing (all visible layers) on
display at once. Forces a regeneration.
Extents Displays current drawing content as large as possible.
Previous Restores previous view.
Window Designates rectangular area to be drawn as large as
possible.

Number Magnification relative to ZOOM All display


Number X Magnification relative to current display (1X)
Center Specifies center point and new display height.
Dynamic Permits you to pan a box representing the viewing
screen around the entire generated portion of the
drawing and enlarge or shrink it.

TIPS:
-While in the ZOOM command, click with the right mouse button to see
the menu to the right.

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AutoCAD 2D Tutorial

5.2 PAN

Shifts the location of a view.


1. Choose View, Pan.

or

2. Click the Pan icon.

or

3. Type PAN from the command prompt.

Command: PAN or P

TIPS:
- While in the PAN command, click with the right mouse button to see the
following menu.

- Panning can also be done by using the window scroll bars

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AutoCAD 2D Tutorial

5.3 Redraw and Regen


Redraw refreshes the current view.

1. Type Redraw at the command prompt


Command: Redraw or R

REGEN regenerates the entire drawing and recomputes the screen


coordinates for all objects. It also re-indexes the drawing database for
optimum display and object selection performance.

1. Type REGEN at the command prompt.


Command: REGEN or RE

TIP: When BLIPMODE is on, marker blips left by editing commands are
removed from the current viewport

Blips showing Blips removed after redraw

5.4 Blipmode
Controls the display of marker blips. When Blip mode is on, a temporary
mark in the shape of a plus sign (+) appears where points are specified.
BLIPMODE is off by default.
1. Type BLIPMODE at the command prompt.
Command: BLIPMODE

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