View menu

The View menu contains functions that pertain to what and how much you see in the drawing port. You can also use this menu to change the orientation of your sketch and/or individual areas.

Icon	Lets you
	Open the Calculated Areas Summary dialog box, so that you can view the calculation breakdown for each area.
	Toggle between a cursor with a full cross-hair for visual alignment purposes and/or drawing, and the default cursor.
	Hide or show items in your sketch without removing them from your original file.
	Display or hide the alignment indicators when aligning with other points and objects while drawing.
	Display a grid on the drawing port, for visual alignment and drawing purposes. You can configure the grid by choosing Tools → Configuration, and then in the Configuration dialog box that appears, clicking the Grid tab and changing the necessary values. The grid offers both architectural and engineering formats.
	Redraw your sketch, removing any residual screen artifacts.
	View your entire sketch area (based on your page layout) at once without having to use scroll bars.
	Choose how to sketch center. Center → Center on Form: Center the sketch on the screen based on the form selected (through page layout). On full page layouts, your sketch may move partially off the drawing port. Center → Center in View: Center the sketch within the view port. Note: This is the recommended setting to use until you are finished drawing or preparing to print.
	Flip the entire sketch in the direction chosen, including all dimensions, free form lines, symbols, and fill patterns. Flip → Left/Right: Flip the sketch from left to right. Flip → Top/Bottom: Flip the sketch from top to bottom.
	Return your view to the scale and orientation it had prior to zooming.
	Zoom in on a specific portion of the sketch. A zoom cursor appears, and you can drag a fence around the portion you would like to zoom in on, and click to release the fence. The drawing port displays only the area enclosed in the fence, giving you a much larger view of that area.
	Move the drawing port and its contents. This is convenient when you haved zoomed in, and you need to view another portion of the sketch without zooming back out.
	Apply all the area definitions in your code table to the current sketch. Note: You would use this option when importing a sketch from Nexus, MobileSketch, or a sketch drawn by someone else.
	Insert, add, and delete pages from your sketch file, and navigate directly to a particular page. Pages → InsertPage: Create an additional page within the sketch file before the current page. Pages → AddPage: Create an additional page within the sketch file after the current page. Pages → DeletePage: Remove the current page from the sketch file. Pages → Pages → Page `number`: Navigate between pages in the sketch file, by selecting the page to go to from the menu extension that appears.