Multiple views, diff sizes

[doni49]

@AllenJessup,

I just came across your post in an old thread. 

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD-Civil-3D-General/Multiple-Windows-of-the-same-drawings/m-p/489...

You showed the following screen shot.  Are you working on a layout tab or in Modelspace?  If Modelspace, how'd you resize your views like that?

[AllenJessup · Accepted solution]

Modelspace. It's a process. A little difficult to explain. The main trick is the use of:

Command: -VPORTS

Enter an option [Save/Restore/Delete/Join/SIngle/?/2/3/4/Toggle/MOde] <3>:

I create multiple viewports by breaking apart larger ones. I usually do this by setting the Apply to: field in the Viewports dialog box to Current Viewport

Then when I have it about right I use the Join option on the command line (shown above). In the example. The upper right viewport on the left hand screen would have been created by joining (probably) 4 viewports. Maybe 3 - I don't quite remember. I then save the viewport configuration so if I lose it I can reset it without all the work.

Allen

[doni49]

Thanks!  That's going to open up lots of possibilities for me!  I've known about breaking one view into smaller ones but I've never noticed the JOIN option.

NICE!

[AllenJessup]

As you see. They never migrated it from the command line to the dialog box. I was just familiar with the command line.

Allen