There are two types of views, natural views (NVIW) and complex views (CVIW). A complex view can contain up to 10 natural views. A natural view has a view type. There are several view types:
2D (for Design)
TOP, FRONT, LEFT, RIGHT, BACK, BOTTOM. (these are parallel to axes)
AXONOMETRIC (sometimes called ISOMETRIC)
PERSPECTIVE
The perspective views are similar to AXONOMETRIC views but have a focus distance. 2D views have the X axis and the Y axis according to 2D CAD systems and can be used to create drawings.
Although plotting PERSPECTIVE views produces better results than AXONOMETRIC views, it is easier to use AXONOMETRIC views because it is not possible to pan PERSPECTIVE views.
There are immediate actions available on views using the keyboard.
| PG-UP | Zoom in. Put the cursor on a view and push PG-UP. The view is zoomed out around cursor. Cannot be done on perspective views. |
| PG-DOWN | Zoom out. Put the cursor on a view and push PG-DOWN. The view is zoomed in around cursor. This cannot be performed on perspective views. |
| END | Panning. Put the cursor on a view and push END. The view is panned, and the position of the cursor becomes the center of the view. This cannot be performed on perspective views. |
| UP | Reset. Resets the view to its original position. Cannot be performed while in hidden line mode. |
| INSERT | Reduce focus distance. This can only be done on perspective views. |
| DELETE | Increase focus distance. This can only be done on perspective views. |
| ARROWS | Rotations. Can only be done on perspective or axonometric views. Cannot be done while in hidden line mode. |
| Main View Management Menu. | ![]() |
| Create a single view. | |
| Create a complex view. | |
| Create a complex view with single views. | |
| Recall a view. | |
| Fixes a view
partition. Creates a complex view that can be recalled. |
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Display Modes.The following parameters are important to customize Display Mode.
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| Views frame. | |
| Target point. | |
| Eye point. | |
| Set display mode to wireframe and update screen. | |
| Set display mode to hidden line and update screen. | |
| Create immediate views. |