Viewports

Toolbar: View > Viewports ()

Menu: View > Viewports

Keyboard: VIEWPORTS

Alias: VW, VPORT, VPORTS

Experience Level: Intermediate

Divides the drawing display into multiple tiled viewports, each of which can contain a different view of the current drawing. TILEMODE must be set to 1 (on). Before you can use tiled viewports, you must turn the TILEMODE system variable on. At the command line, type TILEMODE and then choose ON.

To change the visibility of layers in viewports, use the Viewport Layer Control (VPLAYER) command.

 

An example of 3 viewports.

Create viewports: ? to list · Save · Restore · Delete · SIngle · Join · 2 · 3 · 4: To save the current viewports, choose Save. To recall a saved viewport, choose Restore. To delete a viewport configuration, choose Delete. To return the drawing to one viewport, choose SIngle. To combine two viewports into one large viewport, choose Join. To create two, three, or four viewports, choose 2, 3, or 4.

To save the current viewports

Choose Save.

Viewport configuration name to save: Enter a name for the saved viewports.

To recall a saved viewport

Choose Restore.

Viewport configuration name to restore: Enter the name of the saved viewport you want to recall.

To delete a viewport configuration

Choose Delete.

Viewport configuration name to delete: Enter the name of the saved viewport you want to delete.

To return the drawing to one viewport

Choose SIngle. The drawing is displayed in one viewport.

To combine two viewports

Choose Join.

Select inside dominate viewport <Current>: To select the current viewport, press Enter, or click inside the primary viewport.

Select inside viewport to join: Click inside the viewport you want to join.

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