KOMPAS-3D v23

KOMPAS-3D provides the user with a wide range of tools for changing document scale on the screen.

Zooming in and out as well as explicit setting of the scale is available in all documents.

Auto–fitting the scale is possible when working with text documents, BOM, when entering the text of technical specifications and in some other modes.

Other scale change commands, as well as returning to the previous and next scales, are available in graphic documents and model documents.

The scale change commands are grouped in the View menu, as well as can be called from the Quick Access Bar.

The available command set for changing the display scale depends on the current document type.

Zooming In

To increase the display scale, invoke Zoom In command. The scale will be increased according to the coefficient. The coefficient is set:

•for graphic documents, in the dialog for setting up the parameters of editing,

•for text documents and reports, in the text editing settings dialog,

•for models, in the image control settings dialog.

To change the display scale in a graphic document or a model you can also rotate the mouse wheel. The scaling center is the point where you started rotating the wheel. You can set rotation direction for mouse wheel.

To place the center of changing the display scale in the center of the screen, hold the <Shift> key pressed.

You can also use the mouse wheel to change the display scale in text documents and BOMs. To do this, rotate the wheel when holding the <Ctrl> key pressed.

Zooming Out

To reduce the scale of the image, use Zoom out command.

Settings of the scale change coefficient and methods of changing the scale with the mouse are the same as when increasing the scale.

Explicit display scale setting

The display scale in a graphic document is shown in the Current Scale field on the Quick Access panel.

To change the scale, expand the list in the right–hand field and select the desired value. You can also enter the scale value from the keyboard.

If you need to set the current scaling coefficient to 1.0, you can easily use Scale 1.0 command.

Zooming in on an arbitrary portion of an image

To zoom in on an arbitrary portion of an image, use Zoom In by Marquee command.

Click the first corner of the marquee around the area you want to increase. Then move the mouse until the marquee reaches the desired size. A phantom of the marquee will be displayed on the screen.

After you fix the second corner of the marquee, the image will be enlarged so that the document area limited by the marquee takes the whole space.

Scale by selected objects

You can set the maximum display scale at which all the objects selected in the document will fit into the graphic area completely (fit the scale to the sizes of the selected group of objects).

Scale by selected objects command is used to fit the scale to the selected objects.

The selected construction lines and empty (containing no objects) views are not taken into account during the command execution. Nor the only selected point is taken into account as well.

Smooth scale changing

If you don’t know the required scaling change coefficient, you can pick it up visually by panning (moving closer or farther) the image.

To pan the image in a model or a graphic document, rotate the mouse wheel. The panning center is the point where you started rotating the wheel. If you need to place the center of panning in the center of the screen, hold the <Shift> key pressed.

You can set the rotation direction of mouse wheel.

You can also pan the image using Zoom In/Out command.

After you run this command, the cursor appearance will change.

Press the left mouse button and, holding it, move the cursor vertically. When you move the cursor up, the image will smoothly zoom in, and when moving down, it will zoom out. The scaling center is the point where the left mouse button was pressed. If you need to place the center of panning in the center of the screen, hold the <Shift> key pressed.

When the desired scale is reached, release the mouse button and complete command.

When working with a text document or a BOM, for panning you should rotate the mouse wheel while holding the <Ctrl> key pressed. The panning center is always the upper left corner of the document.

Displaying the entire sketch

You can set the maximum display scale for the current sketch, at which it will fit in the graphic area completely.

To set the maximum display scale for the sketch, use Display sketch in full command.

The construction straight lines and construction projections built in the sketch are not taken into account when the command is executed.

Displaying the entire document

You can set the scale:

•for graphic documents, so that all the objects are displayed completely in the graphic area,

•for models, so that the projection of the Bounding box of the model was fitted into the graphic area of the screen.

To display the entire document being edited, use the Display all command.

Switching to the previous or next display scale

When working with graphic documents or models you can return to one of the previous display scales.

The return to previous zoom is executed using Previous Zoom command.

To proceed to the next display scale again, run the Subsequent Zoom command .

Auto-fitting the scale by height

You can change scale for displaying current text document, technical specifications, report or BOM in such a way that the document page is completely fit in the graphic area by height (the vertical size of the image becomes equal to the height of the graphic area).

To fit the scale by height automatically, use Scale by sheet height command.

Auto-fitting the scale by width

You can change scale for displaying current text document, technical specifications, report or BOM in such a way that the document page is completely fit in the graphic area by width (the horizontal size of the image becomes equal to the width of the graphic area).

For auto-fitting the scale by width, use Scale by sheet width command.