Preview Toolbar

To display the Preview toolbar:

Click the Preview tab at the top of the CircuitWorks application.

The toolbar buttons are grouped into three sections: Preview, Show, and Windows.

Preview

Click these buttons to change the size, position, or orientation of the preview image.

Zoom to Fit	Zoom to view the entire board.
Zoom to Area	Zoom to a selected area. While over the preview image, click and drag to create a bounding box.
Zoom In/Out	Zoom in or out. While over the preview image, click and hold the left mouse button, and then drag up to zoom in or drag down to zoom out.
Pan	Move the preview image. While over the preview image, click and hold the left mouse button, and then drag up, down, left, or right to pan in that direction.
Top View	Show the board and components from the top.
Bottom View	Show the board and components from the bottom.

Show

Click these buttons to toggle the display of different items. A button is available only if the board includes items of that type.

Components
Nonplated Holes
Plated Holes
Traces
Pads
Filled Areas
Show Vias
Show Layers
Outlines	Shows or hides all outline types, including keep-outs and keep-ins.
Annotations
Filtered Items	Shows or hides filtered items. When shown, a filtered-out item is displayed in a different color shade than the corresponding filtered-in item.
Origins	Shows or hides component origins, which represent the insertion point of each component and are indicated by a red X-axis and a green Y-axis. The direction of these axes show the positive X and Y directions of the local coordinate system. You can change component insertion points when exporting ECAD data.
Designators	Shows or hides reference designators.
Redraw	Refreshes the preview image.

Windows

The Windows group is available only if more than one ECAD file is open in CircuitWorks. Click these buttons to organize the applications.

Tile Horizontal
Tile Vertical
Cascade