On the Home Tab ribbon bar, you find Navigation and Zoom/Pan sections:
The Navigation Buttons allow buttons move you to move backward and forward in the Pages you are working on.
Back will move you to the page previous to the current page.
Forward will move you to the next page.you have viewed (they only become active after you have viewed more than one Page).
- Back returns you to through the Pages you previous viewed (not through the Pages list, but only through those Pages you actually viewed).
- Forward (becomes active after moving "Back"), moves you forward in the list of viewed Pages (not necessarily through the Pages list).
The previous and next pages are not always the next in the list
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, the Back and Forward buttons work similar to a web browser's back/forward buttons. The buttons remain grayed out until you actually switch between pages.
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is very handy if you want to switch between two non-adjacent pages (such as a floor plan and its detail page).
You can move through the Page list by using the Page Up/Page Down keys on your keyboard.
PlanSwift 10.2 shownZoom / Pan:
- Zoom allows you to select an area on your plans which will be zoomed to fill your screen area.
- Fit
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- Page
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- re-sizes the current plan to fit in the edit window (
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- Page Size and Scale displays above the plan, Measurement Type below it
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- Zoom
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- In zooms into the plan, centering on the center of your desktop. You can also zoom in by rolling the wheel on a wheel mouse up, or by pressing the + button on your keyboard.
- Zoom Out zooms out of the plan, centering on the center of your desktop. You can also zoom out by rolling the wheel on a wheel mouse down, or by pressing the - button on your keyboard.
- Pan, when selected, allows you to left-click on the plan and drag a different part of it into the current view. You can also pan by clicking and holding down the wheel on a wheel mouse.
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Scrolling/Panning while Digitizing (drawing takeoff)
There may be times when you are digitizing or moving an item that the placement for the next node or the item is located out of the current view. There are a number of ways to handle this dilemma, you'll need to "pan" or "scroll" to the next point.
Hover Scrolling
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- As your mouse nears the top, right, bottom, or left of the plan/takeoff screen, you will notice two see transparent blue blocks of blue in the corner (see the Hover Scroll image, below); the darker of the two has an arrow in it.Hovering (not clicking) your mouse in the darker blue box will make the plan scroll quickly .
- Hover in a darker corner to move diagonally in the direction of the arrowcorner.
- Hovering your mouse in the lighter blue box will make the plan scroll slowly in the direction of the arrowHover over the top, bottom, or side blue bar to move vertically or horizontally toward the edge of the Page.
- While scrolling, pressing press the Spacebar reverses to reverse the direction of the scroll (see the Hover Scroll after Space Bar image below). This is useful if you went too far and don't want to move the mouse to the other side of the screen to scroll down.
Note: If you reach the edge of the PlanSwift drawing area, you will be presented with red boxes instead of blue; this means that you cannot scroll anymore in that direction.
Hover Scroll:
Wheel Mouse Pan
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- Hold your wheel mouse button down and "drag" the plan.
- Release the button to continue digitizing, or repeat step 1 to pan some more.
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Zoom/Pan tool
The Zoom/Pan tool :
- This tool is discussed in detail in the Zoom and Pan section.
Scroll Bars:(
lower-left corner of the edit window) toggles a small window that shows a preview of the current Page and a shaded box that represents what you are currently seeing in the edit/image window.
Within this mini-window, you can move the shaded box to change what you see in the edit/image window.
You can also roll your scroll mouse wheel forward/backward to zoom in and out.
Double-click to center the view box on the point where you double-click.
Toggle the Zoom/Pan tool closed and reopen it whenever you like.
Scroll Bars
On the right and the bottom of the current view, you
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see scrollbars
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, unless you are viewing the page at a zoom level that fits the entire page within the edit/image window.
Click and drag these scrollbars to move around the plan.