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AutoCAD and Its Applications—Advanced
Displaying 3D Views Displaying 3D Views
AutoCAD provides several methods of changing your viewpoint to produce
different pictorial views. The default view in the 2D environment based on the
acad.dwt
template is a plan, or top, view of the XY plane. The default view in the 3D environ-
ment based on the
acad3D.dwt
template is a pictorial, or 3D, view. The viewpoint is t
the location in space from which the object is viewed. The methods for changing your
viewpoint include preset isometric and orthographic viewpoints, the view cube, and
camera lens settings. Camera settings are discussed in detail in Chapter 20.
Viewport Controls
The viewport controls in the upper-left corner of the drawing window provide
a quick way to change the viewpoint, configure viewports, and manage the model fi
display. See Figure 1-10. There are three viewport controls. When the cursor is moved
NOTTE OT
The
Drafting &
Annotation,
3D
Basics, and
3D Modeling
workspaces display
the ribbon by default. In each workspace, the ribbon displays a set of
panels specifi related to that workspace. As soon as you select a fically
different workspace or re-select the current workspace, the panels asso-
ciated with the workspace are displayed in the ribbon. The ribbon is not
displayed by default in the
AutoCAD Classic
workspace. When the ribbon
is displayed in this workspace by picking
Tools Palettes
Ribbon, the
tabs and panels available are similar to those in the
Drafting & Annotation
workspace. The panels associated with a workspace can be customized.
AutoCAD and Its Applications—Customization and Programming
provides detailed coverage on customizing AutoCAD.
Figure 1-10.
Using the AutoCAD viewport controls. Picking on a control displays a flyout. A—The
Viewport Controls
flyout. B—The
View Controls
flyout. C—The
Visual Style Controls
flyout.
C
B
A
Visual style
options
Viewport
options
Orthographic
and isometric
presets
Pick to
display the
View Manager
dialog box