MVSETUP command

Creates multiple paper space viewports and edits them.

BricsCAD Lite; BricsCAD Pro; BricsCAD Mechanical; BricsCAD BIM

Description

Creates multiple paper space viewports and then aligns, rotates and scales them.

Note: This command operates differently, depending on whether it starts in Model tab or Layout tab.
Note: This command can be entered transparently.

Method

There are two methods to use MVSETUP command:

  • In Model tab.
  • In Layout tab.

Options within the command

Yes
Switches to Layout tab.
No
Stay in Model tab.
Align
Pans the display in a viewport to align it with a base point in a reference viewport.
Note: Depending on the relative position of the two viewports, the display of the panned viewport might be shifted outside of the viewport boundary.
Angled
Pans the view in the second viewport is panned over the specified distance and angle.
Horizontal alignment
Pans the view in the second viewport vertically to align the base point and the anchor point horizontally.
Vertical alignment
Pans the view in the second viewport horizontally to align the base point and the anchor point vertically.
Rotate view
Rotates the view in the viewport by the specified angle.
Note: When the VPROTATEASSOC variable is ON, the display in a viewport is rotated if the viewport is rotated.
Undo
Undoes the previous action and returns to the options prompt.
Create
Creates viewports in the current layout.
Delete objects
Deletes viewport entities.
2 - std. engineering
Creates 4 viewports preset to top, front, right and south-east isometric viewpoints.
3 - array of viewports
Creates a desired number of viewports.
Scale viewports
Specifies the scaling inside viewports.
Interactively
Scale each viewport separately.
Uniform
Scale all viewports equally.
Undo
Undoes all operations executed by the current MVSETUP command session.
Scientific
Scales the viewport on a scientific scale.
Decimal
Scales the viewport on a decimal scale.
Engineering
Scales the viewport on an engineering scale.
Architectural
Scales the viewport on an architectural scale.
Metric
Scales the viewport on a metric scale.