Zooming

Located in the Status Bar, the screen resolution tells you the real-world distance per screen pixel at the current zoom level.

Click each of the buttons above to see what they do.

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Zooming is what enables you to see the entire plan at a small size, or a portion of the plan at a larger size.

How it works

Zooming is accomplished by assigning a distance to each screen pixel.

If we assign one inch to each pixel, a line will be four inches long after moving four pixels.

If we assign 1/4 inch to each pixel, the line will be only one inch long.

You can see that if we assign an awkward distance like 3/5 inch to each pixel, you would never be able to draw anything in even inches.

Limiting Zoom Sizes

Home Plan Pro provides several pre-set zoom levels that use common distances per pixel.

The "Screen Resolution" label above shows the real-world distance assigned to each pixel.

Be Aware

Be aware that drawing elements may have to be moved to an approximate screen location when they are zoomed to a size that isn't able to depict the exact location saved in the plan file. They will always print in the proper location.

For instance, a wall drawn at 3 3/4 inches thick cannot be displayed exactly if the zoom size supports 1 inch per pixel.

The wall still knows it is 3 3/4 inches thick, it will display 3 3/4 inches thick whenever possible, and will always print 3 3/4 inches thick.

Read the Rulers

Become familiar with the numbers on the rulers to help identify zoom sizes.