Layout viewports show views of model space. You can create multiple layout viewports on a layout. You determine the size, position and scaling of the viewports according to your needs.


The Lock View option prevents the scale from being changed unintentionally.


How to Create a Rectangular Viewport:


  1. Enter VIEWPORT in the command window.
  2. Enter the first corner of the window in the graphics area.
  3. Specify the opposite point of the window in the graphics area.


This is how you create a viewport that covers the entire printable area:

  1. Enter VIEWPORT in the command window.
  2. Enter Fit in the command window.


How to create two, three, or four viewports:

  1. Enter VIEWPORT in the command window.
  2. Enter 2, 3, or 4 in the command window.
  3. Enter an option for the arrangement (e.g. Horizontal) in the command window.
  4. Enter the first corner of the window in the graphics area.
  5. Specify the opposite point of the window in the graphics area.

or

  1. Enter Fit in the command window.


To Create a Polygonal Bounded Viewport

  1. Enter VIEWPORT in the command window.
  2. Enter Polygonal in the command window.
  3. Specify the first point of the polyline in the graphics area.
  4. Specify further points in the graphics area.
  5. Enter Close in the Command window to close the contour train.


How to Lock a Viewport:

  1. Enter VIEWPORT in the command window.
  2. Enter Lock in the command window.
  3. Enter the On or Off option in the Command window.
  4. In the graphics area, select the viewport for which the setting should apply.