Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
FIGURE 15.6
The newly created
viewports
Reaching inside Viewports
Now, suppose you need access to the objects in the viewports in order to adjust their display
and edit your drawing. Try these steps:
1.
Double-click inside a viewport. This gives you control over Model Space even though
you're in Paper Space. (You can also enter
MS
↵ as a command alias to enter Model Space
while on a layout.)
The first thing you notice is that the UCS icon changes back to its L-shaped arrow form. It
also appears in each viewport, as if you had three AutoCAD drawing windows instead of
just one.
2.
Move your cursor over each viewport. In one of the viewports, the cursor appears as
the AutoCAD crosshair cursor, whereas in the other viewports it appears as an arrow
pointer. The viewport that shows the AutoCAD cursor is the active one; you can pan,
zoom, and edit objects in the active viewport.
3.
Click in the lower-left viewport to activate it.
4.
Click Zoom on the status bar and then type
W
↵, and place a window selection around
the elevator area. You can also type
Z
↵
W
↵.
5.
Click in the lower-right viewport, and click Zoom Window to enlarge your view of a typi-
cal unit. You can also use the Pan and Zoom Realtime tools. If you don't see the UCS icon,
it has been turned off. Type
UCSICON
↵
ON
↵ to turn it on. See Chapter 20 for more on
the UCS icon.
