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Use the Zoom and Pan tool to view your model

LayOut provides several options to help you navigate your documents. The Zoom tools () and the Pan Tool () can help you focus on a specific part of your document or give you a wider view of your whole document.

Last updated 17 July 2026

LayOut provides several options to help you navigate your documents. The Zoom tools ( Zoom.png ) and the Pan Tool ( Pan.png ) can help you focus on a specific part of your document or give you a wider view of your whole document.

Zoom

There are several ways to zoom in LayOut. You can scroll with your mouse, or perform a two-finger swipe with a touchpad. There are also other options offering faster or more precise zooming. You can also activate these in the View menu, toolbar icons, or shortcuts.

Name

Icon

Activate to…

Shortcut

Zoom

Zoom.png

Zoom in or out by clicking in your document and dragging up or down.

N/A

Zoom Window

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Draw a selection box in your document to zoom to that selected area. Zoom Window is a great way to get precise views.

Z

Zoom Selection

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Zoom to a selected entity or group. Must have entities selected.

Alt+Z

Zoom to Page

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Show the document at the maximum size the window allows.

P

Zoom Extents

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Size the view area to a zoom level showing all drawings on the current page.

Alt+Shift+Z

Actual Size

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Display the document at its actual size.

N/A

Zoom In

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Zoom in by 20%.

N/A

Zoom Out

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Zoom out by 20%.

N/A

Panning

The Pan tool ( Pan.png ) helps you move around a page’s current view without changing the zoom level. Activate the Pan tool through the following methods:

  • Using the default keyboard shortcut (H).
  • With a three-button mouse, hold down the scroll wheel.
  • With an Apple Magic Mouse, hold down the mouse button and press CMD+Ctrl+Shift.
  • Selecting Pan from the View menu.

When active, click and drag in the document area to pan around your document.

Trackpad Navigation (MacOS)

If you're using MacOS and have a touchpad you pinch to zoom on your touchpad. You can also activate two-finger panning by following these steps:

  1. Navigate to LayOut > Preferences in the file menu.
  2. Select General .
  3. Select Enable Two Finger Pan.

Adding and Editing Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts let you customize LayOut to work more efficiently. Through the Shortcuts section of the LayOut Preferences dialog box, you can:View LayOut commands and shortcutsFind specific commandsAdd or edit a shortcutDelete shortcutsLayOut includes the following default shortcuts:

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Adding Tables to a Document

Whether you’re an architect, woodworker, or engineer — basically, anyone who creates construction documents — you probably need to add tables to those documents. With LayOut’s table feature, you can create and edit tables of text in LayOut or import table data from an Excel file (.xlsx) or a .csv file.

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Adding Text, Labels, and Dimensions

Although LayOut has only a slim chance of moonlighting with an illusionist act in Las Vegas, LayOut’s text isn’t always what it seems.

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Applying SketchUp Styles

SketchUp styles bundle preset line widths, colors, materials, and other similar effects. In LayOut, you can change a SketchUp model’s style in the styles section of the SketchUp Model panel.

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Applying Styles

With LayOut’s Style tool (), you can sample the style settings applied to one entity and apply those same settings to another entity.To apply a style from one entity to another, follow these steps:

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Still need help?

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