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Named views have been in AutoCAD for as long as I can remember. That may seem like an over-generalized statement, but in fact it\u2019s true. You see, I began using AutoCAD in 1986 on version 2.5, and the View command was introduced in version 2.0 in 1984 (thanks to Shaan Hurley for his AutoCAD<\/a> Release<\/a> History<\/a> page in his Between<\/a> the<\/a> Lines<\/a> blog). Here\u2019s a look at some old\u2014and new\u2014tricks for named views.<\/p>\n

Some Old Tricks<\/h2>\n

Given that, you are probably already aware that you can save a defined area, or your current display for quick retrieval later. From the View tab of the Ribbon, select New View, or even View Manager to define your view, and quickly select an existing view to display from the pull-down list.<\/p>\n

\"named<\/p>\n

I find that few users know that you can open a drawing file and have it go straight to a named view. Just check the \u201cSelect Initial View\u201d box in the File Open dialog, and you\u2019ll get a secondary dialog where you can choose your view.<\/p>\n

\"Select<\/p>\n

The New Tricks<\/h2>\n

Adding named views as layout viewports has been around for a while as well, but it can be rather clunky. You could use the \u201cNamed\u201d option of the MVIEW command or create them via the Sheet Set Manager. Of course, that doesn\u2019t help if you don\u2019t use the Sheet<\/a> Set<\/a> Manager<\/a> (and why aren\u2019t you?), and the MVIEW command requires you to know the name of the view first\u2026 that is if you even knew it was an option.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s got to be better way, and now there is. AutoCAD<\/a> 2019<\/a> is the first major release to include streamlined functionality to add your named views as layout viewports (since I\u2019m also acting as historian in this post, this feature was introduced in 2018.1.2).<\/p>\n

From the contextual Layout tab of the Ribbon, in the Layout Viewports panel, click on the Insert View pull-down. Here, you find a gallery of all named Model Space Views. Just click the View you want and drag it onto your Layout. The new Viewport will be placed onto the current layer, so make sure you have your non-plotting viewport layer current.<\/p>\n

It will also scale itself to the view\u2019s annotation scale or to the most convenient scale if none exists. You can right click to set a scale before dropping the view into your layout, or once placed, use the triangular scale grip to select your scale.<\/p>\n

\"Insert<\/p>\n

This new interface is a fabulous new feature by itself, but as the saying goes, \u201cBut wait, there\u2019s more!\u201d You can still use this tool even if you don\u2019t have your View defined. Just click on the New View button at the bottom of the View Gallery. You\u2019ll jump to Model Space where you can define your view, and you\u2019ll then jump back to your Layout and continue the placement and scaling.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s another cool thing about this new way of adding Viewports. Either method I\u2019ve described will automatically lock the resulting Viewport. That\u2019s one less step for you to perform after creating your Viewport (not to mention the accidental zoom that we\u2019ve all done).<\/p>\n

\"Viewport<\/p>\n

A Whole New View<\/h2>\n

Oh sure, AutoCAD Views are handy in other ways, but here I\u2019m just discussing good old-fashioned named views in Model Space \u2013 probably the most common usage and easily the oldest. With the new workflow available in AutoCAD 2019, you might want to revisit using named views in your daily work. From streamlined viewport creation to new views on the fly and automatic VP locking, there\u2019s nothing like some new tricks for an old command.<\/p>\n

More Tuesday Tips<\/h2>\n

Check out our whole\u00a0Tuesday<\/a>\u00a0Tips<\/a>\u00a0Series<\/a>\u00a0for ideas on how\u00a0 to make AutoCAD work for you. Do you have any favorite AutoCAD tips? Tell us in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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