Creates and sets named 2D and 3D views through the Drawing Explorer.
Accessing the Command
command bar: view
aliases: ddview
v
expviews
menu bar: Tools | Drawing Explorer | Views
toolbar: View |
ribbon: Home | Settings | Drawing Explorer | Views
: View
Displays the Views section of the Drawing Explorer dialog box:
Create or select named views, and then click X.
Press F1 to access help.
Toolbar Options
Toolbar Option |
Description |
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Designates the current view. |
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Creates new named views; prompts you: View: ? to list saved views/Save/Window - (enter an option:)
Name of view: NewView1 Press F2 to see the Prompt History window.
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Erases the named view from the drawing without warning. |
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Regenerates the current viewport. |
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Toggles the regeneration of the current viewport after each change ON/OFF. |
Edit View Options: General
View Name |
Specifies the name of the view. Click to rename it. |
UCS |
Assigns a 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:
See the Background command. |
Clip Display |
Assigns a clip display:
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Layer Snapshot |
Toggles whether to assigned the current on and off settings of layers to the view:
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Visual Style |
Sets the visual style:
See the VisualStyles command. |
Edit View Options: View
Camera |
Specifies the camera point of the view in x,y,z coordinates in visual perspective mode. To edit the coordinates:
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Target |
Specifies the target point of the view in x,y,z coordinates in visual perspective mode. To edit the coordinates:
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Perspective |
Toggles perspective view:
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:
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Roll Angle |
Rotates the camera around the view axis. To edit the length:
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Width |
Specifies the width of the view in current units. To edit the length:
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Height |
Specifies the height of the view in current units. To edit the height:
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Edit View Options: Clipping
Front Plane |
Sets the distance between the target point and the back clipping plane. To move the front plane:
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Back Plane |
Sets the distance between the target point and the back clipping plane. To move the back plane:
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Clipping |
Toggles the clipping planes, which remove from any entities that are outside the planes:
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Procedures
- Exploring views
- Saving a view
- Restoring a view
- Defining the view background
- To edit the view background
Related Commands
-View - controls named views through the command bar.
Background - sets the model space background for the current viewport and saved views.
Camera - creates perspective views.
MatchPerspective - matches the current model space perspective view with a background image by selecting 3 or more matching point pairs.
Print - plots named views.
-Rename - renames views through the Drawing Explorer.
Zoom - utilizes the Previous option to show the previous view.
Explorer - Opens the Drawing Explorer dialog box.