View

Current

Designates the current view.

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.

Regen

Regenerates the current viewport.

Regen at each change

Toggles the regeneration of the current viewport after each change ON/OFF.

General

View Name

Specifies the name of the view.

Click to edit.

UCS

Assigns a saved UCS to the view (see the Ucs and ExpUcs commands.

Visual Style

Sets the visual style (see the VisualStyles command).

Background

Sets the background image for rendered views.

Select the field, then select an option: Solid, Gradient or Image (Sun & Sky option is not implemented yet).

• Sold:

Sets the background to a solid color.

Click the Color button to open the Select Color dialog,
then choose either Index Color or True Color, define the color and click OK.

• Gradient:

Sets the background to a gradient color.

Define the rotation angle in the Rotate field.

Choose either Two or Three colors.

Click the Top, Middle and Bottom Color buttons to open the Select Color dialog,
then choose either Index Color or True Color, define the color and click OK.

• Image:

Click the Browse button, then select an image file.
The following image file formats are accepted:
*.bmp, *.dib, *.gif, *.jpg, *.jpeg, *.png, *.rle, *.tga, *.tif, *.pcx

Click the Align option button to set the alignment of the image.
The options are: Center (left), Stretch (middle) and Tile (right).

View

Camera

Specifies the camera point of the view in x,y,z coordinates in visual perspective mode..

Click to edit.

Target

Specifies the target point of the view in x,y,z coordinates in visual perspective mode..

Click to edit.

Perspective

Sets the Perspective property of a view.
If On, the view displays in visual perspective mode.
If Off, the view displays in parallel perspective mode.

A camera glyph displays in the drawing for perspective views (see the Camera command).

Width

Specifies the width of the view in current units.

Click to edit.

Height

Specifies the height of the view in current units.

Click to edit.

Lens Length

Defines the lens length of the camera.

Click to edit.

Roll Angle

Defines the rotation of the camera around the view axis.

Click to edit.

Clipping

Front Plane

Sets the distance between the target point and the back clipping plane.

Click to edit.

Back Plane

Sets the distance between the target point and the front clipping plane.

Click to edit.

Clipping

Defines whether the front and/or back clipping planes are active or not.

Click the down arrow button, then choose an option:

• Off

• Front on

• Back on

• Front and back on