View

Works with Bricscad (Windows) Classic and Pro, Bricscad (Linux) Classic

Creates and sets named views through the Drawing Explorer.

Accessing the Command

command bar: view

alias: ddview, v, expviews

menu bar: Settings | 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.

Command Options

Option	Description
Current	Designates the current view.
View Name	Specifies the name of the view. Click to edit.
Height	Specifies the height of the view in current units. Click to edit.
Width	Specifies the width of the view in current units. Click to edit.
View Direction	Specifies the direction of the view in x,y,z coordinates. Click to edit.

New	Creates new named views; clears the dialog box and then prompts you: View: ? to list saved views/Save/Window - enter an option.
? to list saved views	Lists the names of views saved in this drawing; prompts you: View(s) to list <List all views> - enter a name or press Enter for all. Bricscad reports like this: Name of view: NewView1 Space: Model Height of view: 10.0830 Center of view: X= 0.0000 Y= 0.0000 Press F2 to see the Prompt History window.
Save	Saves the current viewpoint as the named view. Returns to the Drawing Explorer.
Window	Saves a windowed area as the view; prompts you: First corner of view window - pick a point, or enter x,y coordinates. Opposite corner - pick another point, or enter x,y coordinates. Returns to the Drawing Explorer.

Delete	Erases the named view from the drawing without warning.

Related Commands

-View - controls named views through the command bar.

Print - plots named views.

Rename - renames views through the Drawing Explorer.

Zoom - utilizes the Previous option to show the previous view.