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Use the lock command to prevent scaling changes in selected viewports.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
1 min.
Transcript
00:04
You can lock, selected view ports so that you do not accidentally change the scale
00:10
with the left viewport still active.
00:13
When you hover the cursor over the lock icon on the status bar,
00:17
the tool tip indicates that the selected viewport is not locked,
00:22
click the lock tool.
00:25
Once you have locked a viewport, the annotation scale tool is no longer available.
00:33
In addition,
00:34
when you use the roller wheel on the mouse to zoom,
00:38
you can no longer zoom within the locked viewport.
00:41
Instead,
00:42
you are actually zooming the entire paper space layout.
Video transcript
00:04
You can lock, selected view ports so that you do not accidentally change the scale
00:10
with the left viewport still active.
00:13
When you hover the cursor over the lock icon on the status bar,
00:17
the tool tip indicates that the selected viewport is not locked,
00:22
click the lock tool.
00:25
Once you have locked a viewport, the annotation scale tool is no longer available.
00:33
In addition,
00:34
when you use the roller wheel on the mouse to zoom,
00:38
you can no longer zoom within the locked viewport.
00:41
Instead,
00:42
you are actually zooming the entire paper space layout.
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