Aerial View
Classroom Design Project Training Video: Zooming, Panning and Using the Aerial View
In floor plan view, select Window> Aerial View to open the Aerial View window.
Aerial View facilitates zooming and panning of the floor plan view window by showing everything on the current floor and a marquee indicating the portion currently visible in the floor plan view window.
As you pan around the floor plan view window or zoom in or out, the marquee in Aerial View moves and resizes to reflect these changes.
The Aerial View window is initially docked on the right side of the window, but it can be moved to any other edge or allowed to float while pressing the Ctrl key. The Aerial View always displays the entire plan, so it has no scroll bars or maximize button. It always maintains it's position on top of other windows.
- The aerial view window can be moved and resized.
- The grey marquee that displays in the aerial view window represents the extent of the floor plan view. The grey marquee updates if you zoom or pan in floor plan view.
- Use the left mouse button to drag a new marquee within the aerial view window. The floor plan view updates to match.
- Use the right mouse button to pan the existing marquee within the aerial view window. The floor plan view updates to match.
- No matter what tool is active, when you move the pointer to the aerial view window and drag a marquee, the floor plan view zooms in on that area.
- The display of objects in the aerial view is controlled by the default layer set for aerial views. Since the primary purpose of aerial views is to enhance navigation of plan views, you may want to turn off any layers that clutter and slow down the aerial view window. See "Layer Set Defaults Dialog". To change the display of objects in this layer set, see "Layer Sets".
