Paper Space Views

Toolbar: View > Paper Space Views ()

Menu: View > Paper Space Views

Keyboard: MVIEW

Alias: MV

Experience Level: Intermediate

The Paper Space Views command creates and controls viewports in paper space. Before you can use paper space, you must turn off the TILEMODE system variable. At the command line, type TILEMODE and then choose OFF. The number of viewports you can create is limited only by your system resources. To create tiled viewports, turn TILEMODE on.

 

An example of multiple viewports.

After you issue the Paper Space Views command, the program gives you the following options:

Viewports: ON · OFF · Fit · 2 · 3 · 4 · <First corner>: Specify the first corner of the viewport. To turn viewports on, choose ON. To turn viewports off, choose OFF. To create a viewport that fills the screen, choose Fit. To create two horizontal or vertical viewports, choose 2. To create three horizontal or vertical viewports, choose 3. To create four horizontal or vertical viewports, choose 4.

To define the boundaries of a viewport

Specify the first corner of the viewport.

Opposite corner: Specify the opposite corner of the viewport.

To turn viewports on or off

Choose ON or OFF.

Select viewports to turn on[off]: Select the edge of the viewport to turn on or off, and then press Enter. Doing this does not delete the viewport; it simply turns it off.

To create a viewports that fills the screen

Choose Fit to view.

To create multiple horizontal or vertical viewports

 

  1. Two vertical viewports.
  2. Two horizontal viewports.

Choose Create 2 viewports

Two [Three] [Four] viewports: Horizontal · <Vertical>: To create vertical viewports, choose Vertical or press Enter. To create horizontal viewports, choose Horizontal.

Fit to screen · <First corner of bounding rectangle>: Specify the first corner of the viewport. To divide the screen into two viewports of the same size, choose Fit to screen.

To create three viewports

 

  1. Three horizontal viewports.
  2. Three vertical viewports.
  3. One horizontal viewport above two vertical viewports.
  4. One horizontal viewport below two vertical viewports.
  5. One vertical viewport to the left of two horizontal viewports.
  6. One vertical viewport to the right of two horizontal viewports.

Choose Create 3 viewports.

Three viewports · Horizontal · Vertical · Above · Below · Left · <Right>: To create one large viewport on the right and two smaller viewports on the left, choose Right. To create three horizontal viewports of the same size, choose Horizontal. To create three vertical viewports of the same size, choose Vertical. To create one large viewport on top and two smaller viewports on the bottom, choose Above. To create one large viewport on the bottom and two smaller viewports on top, choose Below. To create one large viewport on the left and two smaller viewports on the right, choose Left.

Fit to screen · <First corner of bounding rectangle>: Specify the first corner of the viewport. To create three viewports that fill the screen, choose Fit to screen.

To create four viewports

 

Four viewports

Choose Create 4 viewports.

Fit to screen · <First corner of bounding rectangle>: Specify the first corner of the viewport. To divide the screen into four viewports of the same size, choose Fit to screen.

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