Zoom, Pan, Fit

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The zoom, pan and fit function can be selected in different ways.


View control by mouse operations


The view may be controlled in the following ways


View control in the modeling window



The view control for zoom, pan and fit fades in, if you the mouse moves over it.


 Zoom in - Click to zoom in


 Zoom out - Click to zoom out


Fit - Zoom to fit the diagram in the modeling window


Pan: the arrows can be used to pan the diagram in all directions


Ribbon tab "View" and shortcuts



To access the tab page, select the tab header "View".


Click and drag a rectangle over the desired area in the modeling window to zoom.


Shortcut: press the shift key and drag a rectangle over the desired area


  Click to zoom in


The zoom in function also can be activated by scrolling the mouse wheel forward.


 Click to zoom out


The zoom out function also can be activated by scrolling the mouse wheel backwards..


Fit - Zoom to fit the diagram in the modeling window


Shortcut: press the shift key and double click somewhere in the modeling window


 Click to activate the pan function. Drag the mouse pointer with pressed mouse button over the modeling window to pan in all directions.To exit from this operation, click somewhere in the modeling window without mouse move.


Shortcut: press the control key and drag the mouse pointer over the modeling window.


Click and release. A magnifying lens appears, which can be dragged around.  To exit this operation, click onto the magnifying lens.