VPorts

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Lists the names of saved viewports.

A typical display looks like this:

Viewport Name                      LL Corner              UR Corner

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*Active                          0.312500,0.000000   0.343750,0.125000

SPLIT                            0.343750,0.125000   0.375000,0.250000

LL is short for lower-left corner; UR is short for upper-right corner.

Press F2 to view the list in the prompt history window.

Save

Saves the current viewport arrangement by name; prompts you:

Viewport configuration to save - specifies the name of the viewport configuration.

If the name already exists, prompts you:

A viewport configuration with that name exists, Overwrite?(Yes/No)? - type Y or N.

• Yes - replaces the viewport configuration with the new one.

• No - repeats the prompt, 'Viewport configuration to save'; enter a different name.

Restore

Restores a named viewport configuration; prompts you:

Viewport configuration to restore - enter the name of the viewport configuration.

Delete

Erases a named viewport configuration from the drawing; prompts you:

Viewport configuration to delete - specify the name of a viewport configuration.

You cannot delete more than one viewport configuration at a time.

SIngle

Creates a single viewport of the current viewport.

All other viewports are removed.

Join

Joins two or more viewports into a single viewport; prompts you:

Select inside dominant viewport <Current> - choose the viewport that will be retained.

Select viewport to join - choose the viewport that will be removed.

When the two viewports form a non-rectangular shapes (such as an L or T shape), Bricscad complains, "The selected viewports do not form a rectangle." The 'Select viewport to join' prompt repeats.

2

Creates two rectangular viewports; prompts you:

Two viewports: Horizontal/<Vertical>  - type H or V.

• Horizontal - draws two horizontal viewports.

• Vertical - draws two vertical viewports.

The current viewport is split into two.

3

Draws three rectangular viewports; prompts you:

Three viewports: Horizontal/Vertical/Above/Below/Left/<Right> - enter an option.

• Horizontal - draws three horizontal viewports.

• Vertical - draws three vertical viewports.

• Above - draws one viewport above two side-by-side viewports.

• Below - draws two side-by-side viewports above one viewport.

• Left - draws one viewport to the left of two stacked viewports.

• Right - draws one viewport to the right of two stacked viewports.

The current viewport is split into three viewports.

4

Draws four rectangular viewports.

The current viewport is split into four viewports.