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Creating Your Own Working Views Views and Viewports
Views and Viewports Zooming and panning can be time consuming. Being able to quickly specify and recall a certain part of the drawing is much easier than zooming or panning. Views and Viewports
Creating Views VIEW command allows you to create named views which can then quickly be recalled. A view can be any portion of the drawing. Views and Viewports
Creating Views Think of a view as a previously zoomed display that you can recall at any time. Benefits Magnification is the “right size”. Text is legible. Views and Viewports
Creating Views Access VIEWS by: Picking Named Views button in the Viewpoint toolbar. Select Named Views from the View pull-down menu. Enter DDVIEW or V at the Command: prompt. Views and Viewports
Creating Views The View Manager is where new views are defined. Four Choices Current Model Views Layout Views Preset Views Views and Viewports
Creating Views Model Views Layout Views Preset Views A list of currently defined views is shown Layout Views Preset Views Orthographic Views Top, Bottom, Left, right, Front, Back SW Isometric SE Isometric NE Isometric NW Isometric Views and Viewports
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Create A New View Create a new view Type VIEW or V Click New Give a name for the new view Views and Viewports
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Creating Views To make a view current: Or Click on the view and then click “Set Current.” Or Double-click on the view, then hit ENTER Fastest way Views and Viewports
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Southwest Isometric View Views and Viewports
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Viewports The AutoCAD Model tab screen may be divided into several “windows” called viewports. Each viewport may display a different view or zoom of the current drawing. Views and Viewports
Viewports Another type of viewport called “floating viewports” can be created in the Layout tab. Tiled viewports - model space Floating viewports - paper space. Views and Viewports
Viewports Only one viewport is active at any one time in Model Space. To activate another viewport, click on it. When active, the viewport border is “thickened”. Views and Viewports
Viewports You can draw between viewports. You can start a line in one viewport and complete the line in another viewport. Views and Viewports
Viewports To access Preset Viewports Pick the Display Viewports Dialog button from the Standard, Layouts, or Viewports toolbars. Enter VPORTS at the Command: prompt. Select New Viewports from the Viewports cascading menu in the View pull-down menu. Views and Viewports
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Creating Tiled Viewports Model Space: Tiled viewports Created with the VPORTS command. 48 max Only one viewport contains the cross hairs at any one time. Preset tiled viewports can be selected Views and Viewports
Uses of Tiled Viewports Model Space: Each viewport is a separate screen REDRAW or REGEN separately REDRAWALL redraws all viewports Views and Viewports
Creating Floating Viewports The VPORTS Command Views and Viewports
Creating Floating Viewports Creating floating viewports in Paper Space is very similar to creating Tiled Viewports in Model Space. Views and Viewports
Creating Floating Viewports A view port configuration can be selected from the Viewports dialog box. Use the VPORTS command. The MVIEW command can also be used. Views and Viewports
Creating Floating Viewports When Model Space is active The Viewports dialog box creates tiled viewports. When paper space is active The Viewports dialog box creates floating viewports. Views and Viewports
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Creating Floating Viewports Use Spacing to set the space around the edges of the floating viewports. Views and Viewports
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The MVIEW Command Options Views and Viewports
Creating Floating Viewports MV, MVIEW or -VPORTS options: ON OFF Fit Hideplot Lock Object Polygonal Views and Viewports
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Creating Floating Viewports ON Activates the model space display within a view port. OFF Deactivates a model space display within a view port. Views and Viewports
Creating Floating Viewports Fit Default option. Creates a single rectangular floating viewport that fills the entire printable area on the sheet. The sub options 2, 3, 4 can be used to create multiple viewports. Views and Viewports
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Creating Floating Viewports Hideplot Prevents hidden lines in a 3D model from being plotted. Views and Viewports
Creating Floating Viewports Lock Locks the view in one or more viewports. When a viewport is locked, objects in the view port can be edited and new objects added but: Display commands like Zoom and Pan are disabled. Views and Viewports
Creating Floating Viewports Object Use to change a closed object drawn in paper space into a floating viewport. Existing Circles Ellipses Polygons and other closed shapes can be used as floating viewport outlines. Views and Viewports
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Creating Floating Viewports Polygonal Draw a floating viewport outline using a polyline. Any shape can be used. Views and Viewports
Creating Floating Viewports Draw the shape in paper space using the POLYGON command. Use MVIEW command Select Object sub-menu option to make the object a viewport. Views and Viewports
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Zoom to Paper Space Views and Viewports
Zoom To Paper Space A viewport in Paper Space must be zoomed to the correct magnification if it is to be plotted to scale. The Zoom Command is used to zoom a viewport. Views and Viewports
Zoom To Paper Space Zoom Scale has two options: nX And nXP nX scales the display relative to the current display Views and Viewports
Zoom To Paper Space “Zoom xp” is the common term used when describing zooming a viewport to the correct magnification. Zoom 1/nXP Scales the drawing in Model Space relative to Paper Space. Is used primarily in the layout of scaled multivew drawings. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ZOOM COMMAND YOU WILL LEARN ! Views and Viewports
Zoom To Paper Space Examples: To zoom a viewport to 1:4 Zoom 1/4XP To zoom a viewport to 1:16 Zoom 1/16XP To zoom a viewport to 1:48 Zoom 1/48XP To zoom a viewport to 1:96 Zoom 1/96XP Views and Viewports
Creating New Paper Space Layouts Views and Viewports
New Paper Space Layouts Create New Paper Space layouts by right-clicking the Layout Tab at the bottom of the screen. Select “New Layout”. Views and Viewports
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New Paper Space Layouts The new layout will be created. Views and Viewports
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