Category Archives: Viewports

Issues With Using DEFPOINTS for Viewports

Posted on September 5, 2014 by AutoCAD Tips

It may seem like a great idea to use the layer “DEFPOINTS” as the layer for your viewports since it doesn’t plot by default. And you may have heard from various posts that you shouldn’t do so but may have not … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Layers, Layout, Manage, Paper Space, Trouble Shooting, Viewports | 7 Comments

Use Align Space to Easily Align A Viewport View

Posted on June 14, 2013 by AutoCAD Tips

Rotating a view within a viewport can be quite involved when using the DVIEW command as was shown in this post: https://autocadtips.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/dview-with-a-twist-rotating-a-viewport-view/ But as a guest named Nick pointed out, the ALIGNSPACE command from the Express Tools is a quick way … Continue reading →

Posted in Manage, Modifying, Paper Space, TIPS, Viewports | 14 Comments

Control the Display of The View Cube and Navigation Bar

Posted on November 9, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

Why is it that some drawings show that cube thingy and other drawings dont? Well here is how to control both the “cube thingy” (ViewCube) and the Navigation Bar (NB) that sits just below the View Cube (VC).   The … Continue reading →

Posted in BASICS, Customization, Settling In, TIPS, Viewports | 8 Comments

AutoCAD 2013: Adding the Layout Tab to the ribbon

Posted on November 1, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

Today’s tip shows how to add the new ribbon tab called “layout” to the ribbon if it doesn’t exist. If your installation of AutoCAD 2013 doesn’t display this tab it is most likely because during installation, settings were migrated. Because … Continue reading →

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Pan a Distance Within a Viewport

Posted on October 3, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

Need to pan your view within a viewport a specific distance? Here’s how: Double click the viewport to activate it -P <enter> to start the pan command in the command line Pick a point inside of the viewport to specify … Continue reading →

Posted in Layout, Paper Space, Viewports | 9 Comments

Viewport Clip

Posted on May 8, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

Say that you have a default rectangle viewport already set – you have the scale set and dimensions and the multileaders points to objects in your viewport. But then you want to trim some of the objects out of the … Continue reading →

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AutoCAD 2013: Paper Space Viewports

Posted on April 1, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

With the new addition of the panel in the “View” tab that only pertains to Model Space viewports [shown here], you might want to know where to set your Paper Space viewports. In AutoCAD 2013, you now have a new … Continue reading →

Posted in AutoCAD 2013, BASICS, Layout, New In 2013, TIPS, Viewports | 47 Comments

AutoLISP: Align Viewports Vertically

Posted on February 28, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

Link to http://www.autocadtips.wordpress.com This routine compliments the previous routine quite nicely. But this time it aligns viewports vertically. The same tip that I mentioned in the previous tip applies here as well. If you need to cycle through to another … Continue reading →

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AutoLISP: Align Viewports Horizontally

Posted on February 28, 2012 by AutoCAD Tips

Link to http://www.autocadtips.wordpress.com This routine is a gem. It allows you to easily align a viewport to another viewport by snapping to objects within the viewport. It works with viewports that have the same scale and for viewports with different … Continue reading →

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AutoLISP: Set PSLTSCALE for All Viewports

Posted on December 15, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

http://wp.me/p1aURt-jN The system variable PSLTSCALE (Paper Space LineType SCALE) has been mentioned [here] so this LISP routine is a great example of automating the process of changing this setting in all of your viewports for you. Here’s how: PS0 <enter> … Continue reading →

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