Creating a Magnifier Picture Marker

You can create a 3D Picture Marker containing a zoomed image of an area on the screen. When you generate documentation, it includes these pictures.

Before you begin: Activate the view mode.
  1. Click Magnifier in the Instruction Authoring section of the action bar.
    Note: There are no aspect-ratio constraints provided by the command when you select the area for the Picture Marker. So each Picture created could have a different aspect ratio. Similarly, after creation, the Picture Marker can be resized without any aspect-ratio constraints.
    The default size is defined in (and can be changed through) Me > Preferences in the Authoring section, and they are the same from the Picture Markers created by the Picture command.
  2. Select the area on the screen.


  3. Select a location for the placement of the Magnifier Picture Marker.


    The Context window also appears for your enhancements.
  4. Click anywhere in the 3D Geometry window to accept.
    • They have the graphic properties (line color, line size, line type, and end type) which are the same as that of the most recently created Marker.
    • They can be resized and repositioned after creation.
      Note: The original aspect ratio selected by you during the creation of the Magnifier Picture Marker is not maintained during manual resizing.
    • The reposition/resize information is persisted in the View once updating the View.
    • They display in the Dressup panel like other pictures.