PAN

Purpose:

To enable a user to 'pan' the screen view over the drawing in order to position a selected region, showing the associated graphic entities, in the viewing window.

Instructions:

In the View menu, click Pan.

The system draws a straight line from the center of the graphics screen to the current cursor position, as soon as the cursor is moved by any amount. The user can then move the cursor in any direction to a new position and when the left-hand button on the mouse is clicked the system makes this position to be the new center of the graphics window. Any graphic entities on the screen will appear to move in the opposite direction, and by the same amount, to the movement of the cursor. The scale of the drawing and the associated graphics entities are not changed by this operation.

(See also screen icon for 'short-cut' entry.)

Options:

None.

Result:

The working graphics window is relocated on the drawing and all subsequent input and graphic output is through this window.