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Zoom out limit

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 09:01:19 GMT

My zoom sometimes jumps out of control .

How can I set a limit for zooming out as shown in the pic?

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cadffm — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 09:07:40 GMT

I think you talk about Zoom extents and your Zoom don't jumps out of control, it jumps to the extents of your used modelspace.

Solution: Keep your modelspace clean!
Upload a sample.dwg if you are not sure.
If i guessing wrong, just start a Zoom extents and all is right.

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Anonymous — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 09:17:23 GMT

I do not want to zoom so much so I get outside of the frame in the pic!
There is a LIMIT command but it is not what I looking for!

Maybe something like ZOOMLIMIT???
Does it make any sense?

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j.palmeL29YX — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 09:29:09 GMT

You cad draw a rectangle (identical to your zoom out limit) and then use Zoom -> Object (select the rectangle).

cadder

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ian.mag — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 09:41:11 GMT

Hey,
I think if you intend to use the zoom command, zoom window will do precisely that.

Have you tried using the view manager? That will always zoom to the exact area you intend.

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Kent1Cooper — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 12:49:16 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

I do not want to zoom so much so I get outside of the frame in the pic! ...

Maybe something like ZOOMLIMIT???....

Set the drawing Limits to the area you want [no need to draw an object such as a rectangle], then to Zoom to that area, regardless of the Extents of drawn content or how far in or out you may be Zoomed at the time, use a macro like this:

'ZOOM (getvar 'limmin) (getvar 'limmax)

or an AutoLisp expression like this:

(command "_.'zoom" (getvar 'limmin) (getvar 'limmax))

I have the latter defined into a command name -- ZL -- which I use frequently.

If you put those into Tool Palette buttons or assign them to keystrokes, you can even use them in mid-command while drawing things.

A lot of people remark that "no one uses Limits any more" or don't think there's any reason for their existence. It may well be that nearly no one uses Limits checking any more, but that's not the only thing they're for. This is a perfect use for them.

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Kent1Cooper — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 12:26:31 GMT

@j.palmeL29YX wrote:

You cad draw a rectangle (identical to your zoom out limit) and then use Zoom -> Object (select the rectangle).

[The drawback to that is that if your view is entirely inside that rectangle, you can't select it. Or if there's some far-outlying thing that makes Zoom Extents (double-click the mouse-wheel, even accidentally) go way the blazes out, you may not be able to distinguish the rectangle from other things, to select it.]

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j.palmeL29YX — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 13:38:08 GMT

@Kent1Cooper schrieb:
The drawback to that is that ...

With a little preparation it is easy to handle.

- Draw a rectangle where you want to zoom

- Save the rectangle in a selection set, e.g. with: (setq ss (entlast)) or similar.

- Now you can use the zoom command: zoom -> Object -> !ss ENTER ENTER [You can put this in a macro ...]

I know it's a crutch (even if it works). Your [@Kent1Cooper] suggestion seems to me to be the better one.

And also we can create a Macro Zoom;P1;P2, where P1 and P2 are two diagonal points of the wished area.

A lot of possibilities ...

cadder

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pendean — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 15:30:45 GMT

If there is nothing outside of your drawn rectangle in your screenshot, AutoCAD will not go beyond that with Zoom Extents and Zoom All command functions.

But I wonder if you just need to set ZOOMFACTOR to a lower number than the default to solve your zoom-too-far problem: try a setting of 10, 20 or at most 30 and see if that solves it.

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Anonymous — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 16:39:47 GMT

Thanks!

I set it on 25 and it is ok!

Not so jumpy anymore!

So it is helping!

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Kent1Cooper — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 16:42:28 GMT

@j.palmeL29YX wrote:

With a little preparation it is easy to handle.

- Draw a rectangle where you want to zoom

- Save the rectangle in a selection set, e.g. with: (setq ss (entlast)) or similar.

- Now you can use the zoom command: zoom -> Object -> !ss ENTER ENTER ….

And also we can create a Macro Zoom;P1;P2, where P1 and P2 are two diagonal points of the wished area. …

Those are viable within a drawing/editing session, but of course the variables will be lost when the drawing is closed, so you would need to establish them again the next time you open the drawing. The Limits, on the other hand, are retained.

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j.palmeL29YX — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 05:29:24 GMT

@Kent1Cooper schrieb:

Those are viable within a drawing/editing session,

My idea here was not to use variables, but to write the absolute coordinates in the macro, e.g. Zoom;50,80;200,250 or so. (P1, P2 were only placeholders).

My next suggestion would be to use named view(s). But the problem seems to be solved for @Anonymous, even if not marked as solved yet.

cadder

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Kent1Cooper — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 13:02:02 GMT

@j.palmeL29YX wrote:
My idea here was not to use variables, but to write the absolute coordinates in the macro, e.g. Zoom;50,80;200,250 or so. (P1, P2 were only placeholders).

….

The drawback there is that the desired points would have to be the same in every drawing. Maybe with some people's typical work that would be viable, but I don't expect it would be for most people.