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zoom extents

PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:14 am
by AT2
here is a funnk question... some of my co-worker when they hit "zoom view to drawing extents" It bring them to the edge of each drawing that they have... but when I hit it... it go way beyond of the drawing... how can I set my zoom extents to just fit the size of the drawing....?

thanks

AT

PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 12:36 pm
by joshhuggins
If the free zoom option is on, then the zoom with fit to the extents of your entities. If not, then it will zoom to the smallest scale you have defined that fits all of your entities on the screen.

PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:23 pm
by Dick Eades
What you may be experiencing here is a phantom entity that is a long way away from your drawing that is forcing the extents to an abnormal display. If hitting U and then / F2 for a Recalc doesn't bring it around, then you can either attempt to erase the phantom entity by area or copy/paste the main area of your drawing into another file and start over. Xref's can also aggravate this.

PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:31 pm
by Neil Blanchard
Hello:

This can sometimes be caused by an imported ACAD block (aka Symbol) that has an insertion point "on Mars". If you explode that symbol, and redefine it with a proper insertion point, then this would solve the problem.

PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:45 pm
by AT2
Where is the freezooms option...?

Is it the one under tools / program preferences / misc / remebers freezooms...?

I try that one, but didn't work...

I hit U and then F2, it just ask me do I want to copy, then I put in a new drawing.. and it didn't help...

I have no idea what is imported ACAD blcok.... is there somewhere I can look it up...?

I have DataCAD 11, the new one...


thanks guy

AT

PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:54 pm
by Neil Blanchard
Hello:

If you hit the /? key (or you open the Zoom menu however you normally do), then Free Zoom is at the F4 position.

The option you mention trying, will let the Previous View (hitting the P) "remember" these Free Zoom views.

Did any portion of your drawing get imported from AutoCAD? If so, then it may contain an AutoCAD "block" -- which is their name for what DataCAD calls a "symbol". AutoCAd has a different way of handling the insertion point on their "blocks", and sometimes they are very, very, far away -- and this often causes the extents problem like you describe.

PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 3:30 pm
by AT2
/? Key then freezoom is off... and fix the problem.... cool.. thanks man... that is so cool..... thanks again

AT :D