List of the project’s saved views.
View icons (in Navigator and tab bar) are blue.
Use the search field to locate items by name.
What is a view?
A view is a stored version of a viewpoint. Each view is defined by its View Settings, which you configure for a particular purpose.
View Settings are the following:
•Partial Structure Display
•Pen Set
•Model View Options Combination
•Graphic Override
•Renovation Filter
•Design Option Combination
•Structural Analytical Model settings
•Floor Plan Cut Plane
•Dimensions
•Zoom and Rotation
•Image Settings (for 3D Window views): these include 3D projection settings (including zooming), filtered elements in 3D, 3D Style, 3D cutting planes, 3D Cutaway and PhotoRendering Settings.
•Existing selection (3D only)
To set up a new view, open a project window (Floor Plan, Section/Elevation/IE, 3D Document, Detail, Worksheet, 3D, Interactive Schedule, or List) and adjust any or all of its settings as needed.
It is convenient to use the Quick Options controls of the bottom scrollbar.
See Quick Options Bar.
Even if the project content changes, the settings of your saved views will remain unchanged unless you expressly modify them.
Note: You can create a dynamic connection between project viewpoints and views if you clone a folder.
For more information, see Clone a Folder in the View Map.
To save a view, do one of the following:
•Click Save as View from the tab’s context menu
•Click Save Current View from the viewpoint’s context menu in the Pop-up Navigator
The View Settings Dialog Box appears, allowing you to modify the settings before saving the view. Click Create to save the view.
Notice that the tab bar icon (blue) now indicates that the tab is a saved view.
•Use the Save View and Place on Layout command
See Save View and Place on Layout (command).
Redefine View with Current Settings
Use this if the settings of the currently opened view have changed compared to the saved settings, and you want to overwrite the saved settings.
Do one of the following:
•Use the Redefine command from the view tab’s context menu
•In the View Settings Dialog Box, click Get Current Window’s Settings.
See also Redefine Image Settings (3D View).
Restore View in Navigator
If the current view that you are editing no longer matches its saved View Settings, a yellow “warning” icon will appear at the bottom of the Navigator, next to the changed settings, alerting you that the currently active view’s settings no longer correspond to the original view settings.
For example, the image below indicates that the current window or tab’s scale and layer settings are different than in the saved view.
To restore the view’s saved settings, double-click the view in the Navigator.
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