Command entry:Click or right-click the General label in the upper-left corner of a viewport. The text of this label is “[+]”.
General Viewport Label menu
The General viewport label ([+]) menu provides options for overall viewport display or activation. It also gives you access
to the Viewport Configuration dialog, and includes options for xView.
NoteYou can customize this menu. On the Menus panel of the Customize User Interface dialog, choose Viewport Menu Label Bar from
the menu list on the right. This menu is named “General Viewport Label Menu.”
Procedures
To access the Viewport Configuration dialog, do one of the following:
- Choose Views menu Viewport Configuration.
- Click or right-click the General viewport label ([+]), and choose Configure Viewports.
To access the Layout panel, do one of the following:
- Choose Views menu Viewport Configuration, then click the Layout tab.
- Click or right-click the General viewport label ([+]), and choose Configure Viewports, then click the Layout tab.
To toggle display of the home grid in the active viewport, do one of the following:
- Click or right-click the General viewport label ([+]), and then click Show Grids.
- Press G.
Interface
- Maximize Viewport / Minimize Viewport
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This entry either maximizes or minimizes the viewport. It is equivalent to the Maximize Viewport toggle.
Keyboard shortcut: Alt+W
- Active Viewport
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Lets you choose the active viewport from a submenu list of the viewports that are visible in the current viewport configuration.
- Disable Viewport
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Prevents the viewport from updating with changes made in other viewports. While the disabled viewport is active, it behaves
normally. However, when you change the scene in another viewport, the view in the disabled viewport does not change until
you activate the viewport again. Use this control to speed up screen redraws when you are working on complex geometry.
While a viewport is disabled, the text “<Disabled>” appears to the right of the viewport label menus.
Keyboard shortcut: D
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- Show Grids
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Toggles display of the home grid. Does not affect other grid display.
Keyboard shortcut: G
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- ViewCube
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Displays a submenu with options for ViewCube display.
- SteeringWheels
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Displays a submenu with options for SteeringWheels display.
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- xView
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- Create Preview
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- Configure Viewports
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ViewCube submenu
This submenu provides options for displaying and using the ViewCube.
- Show the ViewCube
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Toggles display of the ViewCube.
Keyboard shortcut: Alt+Ctrl+V
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- Show for Active View
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Displays the ViewCube only in the active viewport.
- Show for All Views
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Displays the ViewCube in all viewports, whether active or not.
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- Orthographic
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Changes the view to an Orthographic view. See Set the View Projection Mode.
NoteChoosing this option also changes the setting of the POV menu.
- Perspective
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Changes the view to a Perspective view. See Set the View Projection Mode.
NoteChoosing this option also changes the setting of the POV menu.
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- Set Current View as Home
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Defines the current view in this viewport as the Home view for the scene.
- Set Current View as Front
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Defines the current view as the Front view of the model.
NoteYou first need to orient the view using a view tool so that you are looking at what you consider to be the Front of the model
with its Top facing upward and then choose Set Current View as Front.
- Reset Front
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Restores the Font view to the original Front view of the scene.
SteeringWheels submenu
This submenu provides options for displaying and using SteeringWheels.
- Toggle SteeringWheels
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Toggles SteeringWheels display for this viewport.
Keyboard shortcut: Shift+W
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- View Object Wheel
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- Tour Building Wheel
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- Full Navigation Wheel
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- Mini View Object Wheel
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- Mini Tour Building Wheel
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- Mini Full Navigation Wheel
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Create Preview submenu
- Create Still Image File
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- Create Animated Sequence File
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Create Animated Sequence File displays the Make Preview dialog, enabling you to create an
AVI file or custom file type preview of the animation in the current viewport. See
Create Animated Sequence File.
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- View Animated Sequence File
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View Animated Sequence File displays the Windows-standard Media Player to view the current preview file. See
View Animated Sequence File.
- Rename Animated Sequence File
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