Most people would get dizzy watching me zoom and pan in a drawing.
... and you find that more productive than actually drawing things ??
.. very funny ... I don't work on a tiny model, but I do work on a 21" monitor ...
Neither do I, and I use a single 19"
my tasks involve a meticulously planned set of events. Each item must be done in a specific order. The constraints of the visible area within the drawing, makes it very inefficient to have the entire model visible on the screen, even for short periods of time.
Who said anything about "the entire model"
In fact the only time I have to put the model in full view is for plotting and hatching.
Try inserting a block that is 4"x3" 140 times in a drawing, when the limits of the model is 200'x160' ... and do it accurately ...
Do it all the time. I still pan a lot less than I use osnap, BECAUSE I draw accurately.
If I were forced to have the entire model visible, it would take several long minutes to do properly,
Again, no one said ANYTHING about the entire model being visible.
however, by increasing the size of the work area, I can place them all in under 1 minute ... and zoom and pan the entire time ...
If you "zoom and pan the
ENTIRE time", when do you place your elements??
Nevermind ... it isn't worth trying to explain ... you are right ... I am doing it the most inefficient way possible, despite having honed my method over the last 16 years.
Doing something for sixteen years doesn't make it right, just sixteen years old.
Now to the point you missed ENTIRELY. Which do you use
MORE, Pan or Osnaps? If its PAN, leave MBUTTONPAN set to one, if its osnaps, set it to zero.