- Introduction
- Using Isometric Snap
- Switching Isometric Planes
- Using COPY and Other Edit Commands
- Drawing Isometric Circles with ELLIPSE
- Drawing Text Aligned with Isometric Planes
- Drawing Ellipses in Orthographic Views
- Saving and Restoring Displays with VIEW
- Chapter Summary
- Chapter Test Questions
- Chapter Drawing Projects
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Saving and Restoring Displays with VIEW
The word view in connection with the VIEW command has a special significance in AutoCAD. It refers to any set of display boundaries that have been named and saved using the VIEW command. It also refers to a defined 3D viewpoint that has been saved with a name. Views that have been saved can be restored rapidly and by direct reference rather than by redefining the location, size, or viewpoint of the area to be displayed. VIEW can be useful in creating drawing layouts and any time you know that you will be returning frequently to a certain area of a large drawing. It saves you from having to zoom out to look at the complete drawing and then zoom back in again on the area you want. It can also save the time required in creating a 3D viewpoint. In this chapter, we use 2D views only.
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Imagine that we have to complete some detail work on the area around the hole in the bracket and also on the top corner. We can define each of these as a view and jump back and forth at will.
✓ To begin this exercise, you should have the bracket on your screen, as shown in Figure 11-19.
Figure 11-19 Defining views
✓ Type view <Enter> or select View tab > View Manager tool from the ribbon, as shown in Figure 11-20.
Figure 11-20 View Manager tool
This opens the View Manager dialog box shown in Figure 11-21. At the left is a list of views, including Current, Model Views, Layout Views, and Preset Views. In this chapter we have use for only the Current view, which we will define and label with a name.
Figure 11-21 View Manager dialog box
✓ Pick the New . . . button.
This takes you to the New View/Shot Properties dialog box shown in Figure 11-22. Notice that the Current display button is selected in the Boundary panel. All we have to do is give the current display a name to save it as a named view.
Figure 11-22 New View/Shot Properties dialog box
✓ Type bracket in the View name edit box.
✓ Click OK.
The View Manager dialog box reappears, with bracket now showing under the heading Model Views. All views defined in model space will be listed as Model Views. Views defined in paper space will be listed as Layout Views. Next, we use a window to define a smaller model space view.
✓ Pick the New . . . button to return to the New View/Shot Properties dialog box.
✓ Type hole in the View name edit box.
This view zooms in on the hole.
✓ Pick the Define window button in the Boundary panel.
The dialog box closes, giving you access to the screen. The current view is outlined within the drawing area. The rest of the drawing is grayed out.
✓ Pick first and second corners to define a window around the hole in the bracket, as shown previously in Figure 11-19.
A window outline of the new view is shown, with the rest of the drawing grayed out.
✓ Press <Enter> to return to the New View/Shot Properties dialog box.
✓ Click OK to complete the definition.
You are now back in the View Manager dialog box with bracket and hole on the list of Model Views. Define one more view to show the upper left corner of the bracket, as shown in Figure 11-19.
✓ Pick the New . . . button.
✓ Type corner for the view name.
✓ Pick the Define window button.
✓ Define a window, as shown in Figure 11-19.
✓ Press <Enter> to return to the dialog box.
✓ Click OK to close the New View/Shot Properties dialog box.
You have now defined three model views. To see the views in action we must set them as current. Notice that the new view names are now displayed in a list on the Views panel, as shown in Figure 11-23.
Figure 11-23 New view list on the Views panel
✓ Double-click on hole in the Views list.
✓ Click OK.
Your screen should resemble Figure 11-24.
Figure 11-24 Hole view
Now, switch to the corner view.
✓ Press <Enter> to reopen the View Manager.
✓ Double-click on corner in the Views list.
✓ Click OK.
Your screen should resemble Figure 11-25.
Figure 11-25 Corner view
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