MVIEW command
Creates one or more viewports in Paper space (short for "make viewports") to display entities drawn in Model space. Each viewport can have its own settings, shown below.
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Alias: MV
Note: This command operates only in Paper Space.
Note: To create viewports in Model space, use the VPORTS command.
Description
Specifies the first and the opposite corners to create a rectangular viewport.
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- First corner
- Opposite corner
- Viewport
- Viewport border
- Paper space (Layout)
Options within the command
- ON
- Turns on viewports that are turned off.
- OFf
- Turns off viewports.
- Lock
- Locks the viewport's scale factor.
- Fit
- Draws a rectangular viewport that fits the current layout.
- create 2 viewports
- Draws two rectangular viewports.
- Horizontal
- Draws two horizontal viewports of equal size.
- Vertical
- Draws two vertical viewports of equal size.
- create 3 viewports
- Draws three rectangular viewports.
- Above
- Draws one viewport above two side-by-side viewports.
- Below
- Draws one viewport below two side-by-side viewports.
- Left
- Draws one viewport to the left of two stacked viewports.
- Right
- Draws one viewport to the right of two stacked viewports.
- create 4 viewports
- Draws four rectangular viewports of equal size.
- Object
- Converts an object into a viewport border.
- Polygonal
- Draws non-rectangular viewports made of lines and arcs.
- draw Arcs
- Enters arc drawing mode; options from ARC command are activated.
- draw Lines
- Enter line drawing mode; options from LINE command are activated.
- Distance
- Draws the next line segment at a specified distance and angle.
- Follow
- Draws the next line segment at the same angle.