VPoint – Bricsys Support and Help Center

Changes the 3D viewpoint.

Note: It is faster, and easier, to use the LookFrom widget to change the 3D viewpoint.

Accessing the Command

command bar: vpoint
aliases: viewpoint
-vp
-viewpoint
-vpoint

: VPoint

Prompts you in the command bar:

Set view point or [Rotate/PLan view/PErspective] <0, 0, 1>: (Enter x,y,z coordinates, an option, or else press Enter for a dialog box)

Option	Description
Set view point	Specifies the viewpoint: enter x,y or x,y,z coordinates such as -1,-1,1 for the front-left isometric viewpoint
Rotate	Changes the viewpoint by specifying angles; prompts you: Angle in XY plane from X axis <45> - (specify an angle counter-clockwise from the x ais, or pick two points.) Angle from the XY plane <60> - (specify an angle up or down from the x,y plane, or pick two points.)
Plan view	Displays the plan view of the current UCS. See the Plan command.
Perspective	Set the Perspective property for the viewport; prompts you: Perspective [perspective ON/perspective OFf] <Perspective off> - (choose an option:) ON -turns on perspective viewing mode, so that objects further away look smaller OFf - turns off perspective mode, returning to orthogonal viewing mode

See the DdVpoint command.

DdVPoint - changes the 3D viewpoint of the drawing through a dialog box.

DView - changes the 3D viewpoint interactively, and turns on perspective mode.

RtRot - rotates 3D drawings in real-time