Dividing the current window into multiple views
You can divide a drawing window into multiple tiled windows. You can control the number of windows created and the arrangement of the windows. The Viewports tool also lets you save and restore named window configurations and display a list of the current and saved window configurations.
To create multiple views
- Do one of the following:
- Choose View > Viewports.
- On the View toolbar, click the Viewports tool (
).
- Type viewports and then press Enter.
- In the prompt box, choose Create 2 Viewports, Create 3 Viewports, or Create 4 Viewports.
- In the prompt box, choose the viewport orientation.
You can divide a drawing window into two windows arranged vertically (A) or horizontally (B); three windows arranged left (C), right (D), above (E), below (F), vertically (G), or horizontally (H); or four tiled windows (I).
To join two views
- Do one of the following:
- Choose View > Viewports.
- On the View toolbar, click the Viewports tool (
).
- Type viewports and then press Enter.
- In the prompt box, choose Join.
- Click anywhere inside the window you want to keep.
- Click anywhere inside the adjacent window you want to join to the first window.
- Press Enter.
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