View

Toolbar Option

Description

Current

Designates the current view.

New

Creates new named views; prompts you:

View: ? to list saved views/Save/Window - enter an option:

• ? to list saved views - lists the names of views saved in this drawing; prompts you: 
     View(s) to list <List all views> - enter a name or press Enter for all; the program respond with a list:

Name of view: NewView1
Space: Model
Height of view: 10.0830
Center of view: X= 0.0000 Y= 0.0000

        Press F2 to see the Prompt History window.

• Save - saves the current viewpoint as the named view, and then returns to the Drawing Explorer
  
  

• Window - saves a windowed area as the view; prompts you:

  1. First corner of view window - pick a point, or enter x,y coordinates

  2. Opposite corner - pick another point, or enter x,y coordinates, and then the program returns to the Drawing Explorer

Delete

Erases the named view from the drawing without warning.

Regen

Regenerates the current viewport.

Regen at each change

Toggles the regeneration of the current viewport after each change ON/OFF.

View Name

Specifies the name of the view. Click to rename it.

UCS

Assigns a UCS:

1. Click the UCS droplist
2. Choose WCS or the name of a saved UCS

When the drawing contains no saved UCSes, the droplist shows <None>. See the Ucs and ExpUcs commands.

Background

Sets the background for the view:

1. Click Browse; displays the Background dialog box
2. Choose a background style
3. Click OK. The program returns to the Drawing Explorer.

See the Background command.

Clip Display

Assigns a clip display:

1. Click the Clip Display droplist
2. Select a section plane

Layer Snapshot

Toggles whether to assigned the current on and off settings of layers to the view:

• Yes - assigns the current visual state of layers, so that the next time you make this view current, the layers turn themselves on or off
• No - doesn't do that

Visual Style

Sets the visual style:

1. Click the Visual Style droplist
2. Choose a visual style name

See the VisualStyles command.

Camera

Specifies the camera point of the view in x,y,z coordinates in visual perspective mode. To edit the coordinates:

1. Click the Camera field
2. Enter new x, y, and/or z coordinates

Target

Specifies the target point of the view in x,y,z coordinates in visual perspective mode. To edit the coordinates:

1. Click the Target field
2. Enter new x, y, and/or z coordinates

Perspective

Toggles perspective view: 

• On - view is displayed in visual perspective mode
• Off - view displays in parallel perspective mode

A camera glyph is displayed in the drawing for perspective views (see the Camera command).

Lens Length

Sets the lens length of the camera. To edit the length:

1. Click the Lens Length field
2. Enter a new distance:

• 50mm is normal view
• 55mm or higher is a telephoto view
• 45 or lower is a wide angle view

 Roll Angle

Rotates the camera around the view axis. To edit the length:

1. Click the Roll Angle field
2. Enter a new angle

Width

Specifies the width of the view in current units. To edit the length:

1. Click the Width field
2. Enter a new width of view, in drawing units

Height

Specifies the height of the view in current units. To edit the height:

1. Click the Height field
2. Enter a new height of view, in drawing units

Front Plane

Sets the distance between the target point and the back clipping plane. To move the front plane:

1. Click the Front Plane field
2. Enter a new distance, in drawing units

Back Plane

Sets the distance between the target point and the back clipping plane. To move the back plane:

1. Click the Back Plane field
2. Enter a new distance, in drawing units

Clipping

Toggles the clipping planes, which remove from any entities that are outside the planes:

1. Click the Clipping droplist
2. Choose an option:

• Off - both clipping plans are turned off
• Front on - the front clipping plane is turned on
• Back on - the back clipping plane is turned on
• Front and back on - both the front and back clipping planes are turned on