Standard Views without Zoom-to-fit
October 7th, 2009
When using Standard Views in SolidWorks, the resulting view of the model is normally Zoom to fit. This is regardless to the zoom level of the current view. So, if I’m zoomed in on a very long part, when I change from Front View to Rear View, the model will be resized to fit to screen. This can be a little frustrating, as it requires extra steps to return to the area where I was working on the model.
With newer versions of SolidWorks, there is an alternative. A toggle setting is available under Tools>Options…>System Options>View. Unselect the Zoom to fit when changing to standard views option.
The only draw back is that this toggle is buried deep within the Options window. This makes the task of dynamically using this functionality difficult. Otherwise, this is a great function.
Zoom to fit when changing to standard views
Categories: How-To, Model Assembly, Part, Tip/Trick | Tags: fit, fit screen, standard view, tools, zoom, zoom to fit
Thanks for that tip, I was often wondering about that with standard views. I looked back through my SW installs, and this setting appeared in SW2009.
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