default zoom fit of sheet in drawings 1

[cmm]

Since upgrading to v2008 I've noticed that the sheet of a drawing doesn't seem to fill up as much of the screen when as it did in previous versions of SW when I Zoom to Fit. In other words, there seems to be excessive "dead space" around the sheet. Is there a way to make SW zoom in a little more by default?

Chris Montgomery
Mechanical Engineer

 

[freebiri]

I'm using a macro for that.
Just record a macro that contains a zoom to fit and a zoom-in commands. then put it in a toolbar and assign a shortcut key.

 

[ctopher]

I just dbl-click with the mouse wheel.

Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 2.0
AutoCAD 06/08
ctopher's home (updated 10-07-07)

 

[fcsuper]

Assuming the behavior isn't consistant, wouldn't there be a need for a macro for each sheet size?

Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group

 

[felix7502]

I'm noticing this only on my A & C size. Perhaps 2008 has a length to width ratio bug?
Sylvia

 

[macduff]

Did anyone contact/report SW about this?

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2007 SP 5.0
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
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nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
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[uGlay]

i have the same problem.

 

[felix7502]

I contacted my VAR in January and was told to update to SP2 and see if that corrects the problem. We haven't updated yet, so I don't know if it will help. I also noted that when 2 drawings are tiled, they jump to the right when Extents are clicked.
Sylvia

 

[Standing]

I have put a “Full Sheet” setting in our templates. While in drawing I tap the space bar, and then double click “Full Sheet”. This does not work for old drawings, so I zoom to what I want and add a “Full Sheet” setting to the Orientation dialog. This is a bit of extra work, and there are several here how will not create the “Full Sheet” setting for old drawings. I am OK with that, I still do it anyway.
By the way in our templates, we have settings in Orientation dialog for Revisions, Title Block, Notes, and Versions.


Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2008 x64 SP3.0EV
PDMWorks Workgroup, Dell XPS Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 5 GB RAM, Virtual memory 12577 MB, nVidia 3400
e-mail is Lotus Notes

 

[fcsuper]

Bradley,

Another thing you can do in the drawing is set up empty views around each of those areas. This will allow SolidWorks to save those as bookmarks when it creates a PDF of your drawing. Since SolidWorks 2004 and newer doesn't allow you to manually size views, I've added a hidden line to stretch the full length required to show the enter block or area.

Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group

 

[Standing]

Thanks Matt, A star for you.

Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2008 x64 SP3.0EV
PDMWorks Workgroup, Dell XPS Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 5 GB RAM, Virtual memory 12577 MB, nVidia 3400
e-mail is Lotus Notes