Getting a Closer Look

Getting a Closer Look
During the drawing process, you’ll often want to enlarge areas of a drawing to edit its objects. In
Chapter 1, you saw how to use the Zoom capability for this purpose. Follow these steps to enlarge
the view of the toilet:
1. Click the Zoom Window tool on the 2D Navigate control panel, or type Z↵W↵. You can also
choose View  Zoom  Window.
2. At the Specify first corner: prompt, pick a point below and to the left of your drawing,
at or near coordinate 5´-0˝, 3´-6˝. Metric users should use the coordinate 150.0000,102.0000.
3. At the Specify opposite corner: prompt, pick a point above and to the right of the drawing,
at or near coordinate 8´-3˝, 6´-8˝ (246.0000,195.0000 for metric users). The toilet should
be completely enclosed by the zoom window. To obtain this view, use the Zoom Window
tool. You can also use the Zoom Realtime tool in conjunction with the Pan Realtime tool. The
toilet enlarges to fill more of the screen. Your view should look similar to Figure 3.4.
TIP To start the Zoom Realtime tool from the keyboard, type Z↵↵. If you have a mouse with a
scroll wheel, you can avoid using the Zoom command altogether; just place the cursor on the toilet,
and turn the wheel to zoom into the image.

Modifying an Object
Now, let’s see how editing commands are used to construct an object. To define the back edge of
the seat, let’s put a copy of the line defining the front of the toilet tank 3˝ (7 cm for metric users)
toward the center of the ellipse:
1. Click the Copy tool in the 2D Draw control panel, or type co↵. You can also choose
Modify  Copy from the drop-down menu.
TIP You can also use the Grip Edit tools to make the copy. See Chapter 2 for more on grip editing.
2. At the Select objects: prompt, pick the horizontal line that touches the top of the ellipse.
The line is highlighted. Press ↵ to complete your selection.
3. At the Specify base point or [Displacement} : prompt, pick a base
point near the line. Then, point the cursor down, and enter 3˝↵ or 7↵ for metric users.
4. Press ↵ to exit the Copy command. Your drawing should look like Figure 3.4.
Notice that the Copy command acts exactly like the Move command you used in Chapter 2, except
that Copy doesn’t alter the position of the objects you select and you must press ↵ to exit Copy.