'PAN Command

Moves the drawing display in the current viewport

Standard toolbar:
View menu: Pan
Command line: pan

Press Esc or Enter to exit, or right-click to activate pop-up menu.

If you enter -pan at the Command prompt, PAN presents options on the command line.


The cursor changes to a hand cursor. By holding down the pick button on the pointing device, you lock the cursor to its current location relative to the viewport coordinate system. Graphics within the window are moved in the same direction as the cursor.

When you reach a logical extent (edge of the drawing space), a bar is displayed on the hand cursor on the side where the extent has been reached. Depending upon whether the logical extent is at the top, bottom, or side of the drawing, the bar is either horizontal (top or bottom) or vertical (left or right side).

When you release the pick button, panning stops. You can release the pick button, move the cursor to another location in the drawing, and then press the pick button again to pan the display from that location. To stop panning at the new position, press ENTER or ESC.

Zoom/Pan Pop-up Menu

Exit

Cancels the Realtime option and returns the command prompt.

Pan

Switches from ZOOM Realtime to Pan.

Zoom

Switches from PAN to Zoom Realtime.

Zoom Window

Zooms to display a specified window and returns to the Realtime option.

Zoom Previous

Restores the previous view and returns to the Realtime option.

Zoom Extents

Zooms to display the drawing extents and returns to the Realtime option.

Using the Command Line (PAN)

The command-line version of PAN works in two ways. You can specify a single point, indicating the relative displacement of the drawing with respect to the screen, or (more commonly) you can specify two points, in which case AutoCAD LT computes the displacement from the first point to the second point.

You can use PAN transparently if VIEWRES Fast Zoom mode is on. You cannot use PAN transparently during VPOINT or DVIEW, or while another ZOOM, PAN, or VIEW command is in progress.

Related Commands: DVIEW creates and restores views. VIEW saves and restores named views. VPOINT sets the viewing direction for a 3D visualization of the current drawing. ZOOM increases or decreases the apparent size of objects in the current viewport.