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Views and cameras
If we changed the view direction, how can we come back to the plan view? Or see
the model from another orthographic view? And how to save that view so that we can
restore it anytime? These operations and the creation of cameras are presented next.
Predefined views
Predefined in AutoCAD, we have six orthographic views (
Top
,
Bottom
,
Front
,
Back
,
Left
, and
Right
) and four isometric views (
Southwest Isometric
,
Southeast Isomet-
ric
,
Northeast Isometric
, and
Northwest Isometric
). There are several ways to ac-
cess them; some may activate another coordinate system.
View cube
The view cube, available since Version 2009, is a navigation tool placed by default in
the viewport's top-right corner. When inactive, it is partially transparent. With this tool
we can click on a face to activate the respective orthographic view. For instance, if
we want to come to the plan or top view, we click the top face. We can also drag the
mouse over the view cube to orbit the drawing, click a vertex to activate that isometric
view, or click an edge to view the model from that edge.
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