View

Creates and sets named views through the Drawing Explorer.

Accessing the Command

command bar: view

alias: ddview, v, expviews

menu bar: Tools | Drawing Explorer | 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.
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 for the current view or the selected saved view. Launches the Background command.

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