Volo View Express 2.01 Commands

With Volo™ View Express, you can open and view the following types of files:

• AutoCAD® DWG, DXF™, and DWF files
• Volo View RML files
• Autodesk Inventor™ 5 IPT, IAM, and IDW files
• Raster files

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Click and View:

   Pan
   Zooming
   Layers
   Layouts
   Page Setup
   Print

Volo View Express Commands

From your browser in the Volo View Express window click the right mouse button to view a menu of Volo View Express commands. The Volo View Express right click menu enables you to select from various modes of operation. This section describes the right click menu commands available for Volo View Express

• PAN
  Panning shifts the location of the view without changing the magnification, as though you were moving the image from side to side in front of a camera lens. You can continue to pan beyond the edge of the window for the width and length of an image.

  Volo View supports the Microsoft® Intellimouse. While you're panning, the cursor changes to the pan cursor, and the image is redrawn interactively.

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• ZOOM
  Zooming is like using a zoom lens on a camera. It changes magnification but doesn't change the absolute size of objects in the image. You can zoom in and out dynamically with cursor movement, or you can magnify a specific area. You can fit the entire image in the window at one time and cycle forward and back through previous zooms. For example, you might need to switch between detailed views of specific areas. You can do this by zooming in to the first detail, then out to the entire image, in to the second detail, out again, and so on. To switch between detail zooms, right-click in the image and click Zoom Previous.

  To zoom a file dynamically (In/Out)

  • Right-click in the image, click Zoom, and then click In/Out.
  • Click in the image, hold the mouse button down, and move the cursor up to zoom in, or down to zoom out. You can move the cursor anywhere on the screen.
  • Release the mouse button when the image is at the required magnification. The zoom tool remains active until you select another tool.
  • To switch to panning, press CTRL and right-click. Use the left mouse button to pan, or you can click Pan on the drawing's shortcut menu.

  To Zoom Previous

  • Right-click in the image, click Zoom, and then click Previous.

  To Zoom Window

  • Right-click in the image, click Zoom, and then click Window.
  • Click in the image to start the zoom window.
  • Drag and release to end the window around the area you want to magnify.

  To Zoom All

  • Right-click in the image, click Zoom, and then click All.

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• LAYERS
  Using Volo View Express 2, if you right click and choose Layers, the Layers dialog opens from which you can turn layers on and off. The Layers dialog works like most Explorer dialog boxes in that you can select one or more layers and click the light bulb icon to turn on or off all of the selected layers. Layers are toggled based on the state of the light bulb icon when you click it. Pressing the space bar is the same as clicking the light bulb icon.

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• LAYOUTS
  A layout is a paper-space environment that provides a predictable plotting setup.

Layouts exist in AutoCAD drawing files and are the electronic version of a sheet of paper. An AutoCAD drawing can have multiple layouts, each with a different plot scale, paper size and active layers. Each layout displays the drawing as it will be plotted on a sheet of paper.

To view a drawings layout, right-click in the image to bring up the Volo Menu Dialog box and select Layouts. In the Layouts dialog box, select the layout you want to view.

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• PAGE SETUP

In the Page Setup dialog box, you can create and change a background page for markups and printing. Settings in the Page Setup dialog box determine:
 
• Position and size of a background page of an image
• Print area
• Size of markup text
• Settings for ePlot and eView in DWF files
• Layout settings in DWG files

To set page size, margins, or orientation, in the Page Setup dialog box, choose the Page Settings tab.



To set the image's units, font size, or line weight, or to set drawing scale or origin, in the Page Setup dialog box, choose the Drawing Settings tab.

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• PRINT
  To print a DWG, right click and choose Print. The view that is currently visible in the Volo View Express 2 window is printed using the standard system print controls. Using the right click menu Print command prints only the DWF or DWG file.

The print fills the available printing area as defined by your system printer settings.



Select the Properties button to get to the paper set up screen.

Please note that the Volo view drawing must first be zoomed to all window for this to work.

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