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Virtuoso Space-based Router Command Reference
Product Version IC23.1, September 2023

zoom

zoom 
[ -in | -out ] 
[ f_factor ] 
[ -window_id i_windowID ]

Description

Changes the width of the displayed data and the center of the active artwork window or a given window. You can run zoom at any time, including within other commands. If you run zoom more than once, the size of the view changes by the zoom factor each time.

The zoom command handles interrupts, and might leave a partially drawn window on the screen.

The GUI equivalent for this command is View—Zoom In by 2 and View—Zoom Out by 2.

Arguments

-in

Shows less of the design but more detail. This is the default zoom direction.

-out

Shows less detail but more of the design.

f_factor

A positive real number, greater than 1,designating the rescaling of detail relative to the existing view. For example, using -in, detail size is increased by zoom_factor each time the command is used. Default: 2

-window_id i_windowID

Zooms in the given window. If this option is not used, the active window is used.

Examples

zoom -out 3

This command shows less detail by a factor of 3.

Related Topics

View Commands


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