View Menu

• Redraw - Redraws the Main Canvas.
• Redraw All - Redraws the Main Canvas and the Map Window.
• Zoom In - Increases the magnification of the Main Canvas.
• Zoom Out - Decreases the magnification of the Main Canvas.
• Show SnapGrid - Toggles the display of the Snap Grid.
• Tool Bar - Displays the Tool Bar Configuration Menu which lets you choose which command button groups to display on the Tool Bar.

When you zoom in or out, the highlighted area of the Map Window changes size to correspond to what you can see in the Main Canvas.

The Zoom In and Zoom Out actions can also be accessed using buttons on the Tool Bar. The Page Up and Page Down keys will also zoom out and zoom in.

Holding down the Shift key while clicking the Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons will set the Drawing Scale to the Programmed Zoom value. The Programmed Zoom value for the Zoom In and Zoom Out button is set to the current Drawing Scale by holding down the Shift and Control keys while clicking on the button.

Normally you can not zoom in more than 1:1. If you hold down the Control key then the Zoom In button will allow you to zoom in to greater maginification which is useful for detail work.

Pressing the middle Zoom button on the Tool Bar popups a list of Zoom factors you can choose from.

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