Tools on the viewport toolbar for controlling on-screen display

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.


Icon	Function	Use
Area on the left:
	Standard Views flyout	Using the View tool or the Standard views flyout, you can choose between plan view and any of the standard views.
	Zoom All	Zoom All sets the display scale so that you can see all the elements in the visible files. Note: But if you have loaded a view using Save, Load View, Allplan displays only this view.
	Zoom Section	Zoom Section zooms in on a section. To do this, press and hold down the left mouse button and enclose the elements you want to zoom in a selection rectangle.
	Navigation Mode	Navigation Mode enables the navigation mode in the current viewport. In this mode, you can use the mouse to view a 3D model. Note: in navigation mode, you can navigate in sphere mode or in camera mode (keep the CTRL key pressed down).
	Previous View	Previous View restores the previous view or display scale set (provided you had selected a different view or scale before you selected the current setting).
	Next View	Next View restores the next view or display scale set (provided you have already selected a subsequent view or scale).
	Save, Load View	Using Save, Load View, you save the current view under a name of your choice or retrieve a view you saved beforehand.
	3D View	You can use 3D View to display 3D models in three-dimensional space in a perspective view by entering an eye point (observer) and target point. You can also use this tool to create a view based on the building structure.
	Element Selection	Using Element Selection, you select the design entities you want to display in the current viewport. The program temporarily hides all the other design entities.
or	Always on Top	Always on Top places the viewport so that it is always on top (i.e., in front of) the other ones. You can use this tool only if you have not selected the Connected option and the viewport is not maximized.


Area on the right:
	Exposure (only for Animation and RTRender).	Using Exposure, you can control the brightness in a viewport of the Animation or RTRender view type. You can enter a value between -25 and 25. Important! This setting only applies to the current viewport. It has no effect on the settings used for rendering.
	Section Display	Using the Activate Section tool or the Section Display list box, you can display your design in an architectural section (provided you defined its Clipping Path beforehand).
	Display Scale	You can use Display Scale to set the scale for displaying the model on screen. The display scale governs the ratio between the model as displayed on the screen and its real-life dimensions. The scale therefore changes automatically if you change the size of sections displayed on screen. The current display scale is shown on the viewport toolbar in the lower border of a viewport.
	View Type	Using the View Type list box, you can select one of the predefined view types (Wireframe, Hidden, Animation, Sketch or RTRender) for the current viewport. Of course, you can also select a view type you defined yourself. Click to modify various settings of the view types. The settings apply to all the viewports using this view type. Click New view type... to define and save your own view types. When you are working in the layout editor ( Layout Editor is pressed in), you can switch between Design view and Print view (= preview of resulting printout). The Print view displays the layout as it looks in the printout. Depending on the printer set, the printout is in color or monochrome. The elements you have selected in the Elements to print area and the parameters you have defined on the Print profile tab of the Print Layouts tool define the on-screen display. Only a few options are available in Show/Hide. 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 Print Layouts tool uses the colors you have assigned. The Design view displays the elements of the layout as you created them, taking into account any superordinate pen, line or color. You can use the options in the Show/Hide tool to specify the type and scope of the elements displayed. The settings in the Print Layouts tool are not taken into account.

Note: You can find more tools for controlling the on-screen display on the View and Window menus as well as on the shortcut menu (only in navigation mode).