Creating paper space viewports

The MVIEW and VPORT commands create one or more viewports in layout tabs.

  • A new viewport shows all entities on the layers which are currently visible in model space.
  • It is recommended to use a dedicated layer for viewport entities. If you don't want the viewport outlines to be printed, set the Do Not Plot property of the viewport layer.

Creating an array of layout viewports

The MVSETUP command (short for "multiple viewports setup") creates multiple paper space viewports, and then aligns, rotates and scales them.

Defining the viewport properties

  1. Select the viewport.

    The viewport properties appear in the Properties panel.

  2. Click the settings field of a property to modify.
Name Description
Center XYZ coordinates of the center point of the viewport with respect to the bottom left corner of the printable area of the layout.
Height (*) Height of the viewport in drawing units.
Width (*) Width of the viewport in drawing units.
On Controls the display of the content of the viewport.
Clipped Indicates whether the viewport is clipped or not.
Display locked

Locks the scaling of the viewport content to preserve the scaling factor.

The VPLOCK field in the Status bar displays the Display Locked status of the selected viewport(s). Click the field to toggle the Display Locked property of the selection.
Scale

The SCALELISTEDIT command allows you to edit the available scales in the current drawing.

Annotation scale: Sets the annotation scale for the viewport. Editing the Annotation scale automatically sets the Standard scale.

If the ANNOALLVISIBLE system variable is OFF, annotative entities which do not support the annotation scale are not displayed.

Standard scale: By default, the Standard scale matches the Annotation scale, but you can adjust it manually. The Standard scale field reads 'Custom' if the value in the Custom scale field is not available in the drawings scale list.

Custom scale: Displays the viewport scale factor. Allows you to set the viewport scale to a scale which is not available in the drawings scale list.

UCS per viewport If Yes, lets you define a UCS for this viewport.
Visual Style Sets the visual style for the viewport. This option only applies to 3D models.
Shade Plot Allows you to adjust the plotted shading from the visual style. Default is ‘As Displayed’.
Default Lighting Allows you to switch off the lights in the model and use the default lighting.