Controlling on-screen display
Viewport toolbar
Using the tools on the viewport toolbar, you can not only navigate freely on screen but also set any view. You can zoom in on any section or detail of your drawing as closely as you want. You can even use different view types to display the entire model or selected components.
Most of these tools are ‘transparent’ tools; in other words, you can use them while a another tool (e.g. Line) is active.
You cannot see the viewport toolbar until you move the cursor to the bottom of the viewport, guaranteeing as large a workspace as possible. If you are working with multiple viewports, each viewport has its own viewport toolbar.
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Standard Views flyout |
Using the Tip: You can also set the standard views by pressing and holding down the CTRL key and pressing a number key on the number pad. This is only possible when NUMLOCK is active. Note: 2D elements are only displayed in 3D views when the |
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Zoom All |
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Zoom Section |
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Navigation Mode |
Switches navigation mode on and off. |
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Previous View |
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Next View |
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Save, Load View |
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3D View |
You can use the The view displayed on screen can be saved as a wireframe model or as a hidden line image in a separate document. The drawing file to which you save then contains the view as a simple 2D drawing that you can then edit (in plan view) using the tools in the Draft and Text modules. Note: You can also select a default view by opening the View menu and clicking View. You can also click an icon in the on the viewport toolbar. |
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Element Selection |
Lets you select the design entities you want to display in the current viewport. The program temporarily hides all the other design entities. |
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Always on Top |
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Exposure |
Exposure controls the brightness in a viewport with the Animation view type. You can enter a value between -25 and 25. This setting only applies to the current viewport. When rendering, the program does not take this setting into account. |
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Section Display |
Activate Section displays an architectural section that you have defined with |
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Display Scale |
Sets the display scale. You can select from a list of default values or enter any value in the data entry box. Then press ENTER to confirm. |
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View Type |
Displays the contents of the current viewport in one of the following ways: |
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The layout editor provides additional view types you can use to switch between design view and print view. The latter shows the layout as it will be printed. |
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Design view |
The Design view displays the elements of the layout as you have created them. Any superordinate pen, line or color defined is taken into account. You can use the options provided by the |
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Print view |
The Print view displays the layout as it looks in the printout. Depending on the printer set, the printout is in color or monochrome. Note: So that you can work quickly and easily, the print view also displays elements that are outside the page, the margins of the page and, if selected, the printable area of the output device although they are not included in the final printout. The same applies to the selection color and the detection color. These colors are used in the print view so that you can see better what you are doing. But the |
Note: You can find more tools for controlling the on-screen display on the View menu:
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Pan |
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Refresh |
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Reduce View |
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Reduce View |
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