Using the Aerial View Window

You can use the Aerial View window to change the view in your current viewport quickly. If you keep the Aerial View window open as you work, you can zoom and pan without interrupting your current command. You can also specify a new view without having to choose a menu option or enter a command.

Using the View Box to Pan and Zoom

Within the Aerial View window is a view box, a heavy rectangle that displays the boundary of the view in your current viewport. You can change the view in the drawing by changing the view box in the Aerial View window. To zoom in to the drawing, make the view box smaller. To zoom out of the drawing, make the view box larger.

To pan the drawing, move the view box.

Using the Aerial View Window as a Magnifying Glass

To search for a small detail that is difficult to find in the current view, you can use the Pan option of Aerial View to display a magnified view of the area in the view box. This view changes dynamically as you hold down the pick button and drag the view box. You can change the magnification with the Zoom option, defining a larger or smaller view box.

Changing the View Displayed Inside the Aerial View Window

You can change the magnification of the image in the Aerial View window to display the entire drawing or you can resize the image incrementally. These changes do not affect the view in the drawing itself.

Using the Aerial View Window with Multiple Viewports

With multiple viewports, the Aerial View image changes as you select different viewports. Only the view in the current viewport is used in the Aerial View window.

The Aerial View image is updated as you select different viewports. In complex drawings, you may want to turn off this dynamic updating to improve drawing speed. If you turn off this feature, AutoCAD LT updates the Aerial View image only when you activate the Aerial View window.