default zoom fit of sheet in drawings
default zoom fit of sheet in drawings
(OP)
Since upgrading to v2008 I've noticed that the sheet of a drawing doesn't seem to fill up as much of the screen when as it did in previous versions of SW when I Zoom to Fit. In other words, there seems to be excessive "dead space" around the sheet. Is there a way to make SW zoom in a little more by default?
Chris Montgomery
Mechanical Engineer






RE: default zoom fit of sheet in drawings
Just record a macro that contains a zoom to fit and a zoom-in commands. then put it in a toolbar and assign a shortcut key.
RE: default zoom fit of sheet in drawings
Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 2.0
AutoCAD 06/08
ctopher's home (updated 10-07-07)
RE: default zoom fit of sheet in drawings
Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
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RE: default zoom fit of sheet in drawings
Sylvia
RE: default zoom fit of sheet in drawings
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2007 SP 5.0
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
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RE: default zoom fit of sheet in drawings
RE: default zoom fit of sheet in drawings
Sylvia
RE: default zoom fit of sheet in drawings
By the way in our templates, we have settings in Orientation dialog for Revisions, Title Block, Notes, and Versions.
Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2008 x64 SP3.0EV
PDMWorks Workgroup, Dell XPS Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 5 GB RAM, Virtual memory 12577 MB, nVidia 3400
e-mail is Lotus Notes
RE: default zoom fit of sheet in drawings
Another thing you can do in the drawing is set up empty views around each of those areas. This will allow SolidWorks to save those as bookmarks when it creates a PDF of your drawing. Since SolidWorks 2004 and newer doesn't allow you to manually size views, I've added a hidden line to stretch the full length required to show the enter block or area.
Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group
RE: default zoom fit of sheet in drawings
Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2008 x64 SP3.0EV
PDMWorks Workgroup, Dell XPS Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 5 GB RAM, Virtual memory 12577 MB, nVidia 3400
e-mail is Lotus Notes