About Saving and Restoring Views

When you save specific views by name, you can restore them for layout and plotting or when you need to refer to specific details.

A named view created with the VIEW command consists of a specific magnification, position, and orientation. In each drawing session, you can restore up to 10 previous views displayed in each viewport using ZOOM Previous.

Named views and cameras (not available in AutoCAD LT) are saved with a drawing and can be used any time. When you are composing a layout, you can restore a named view or a camera to a viewport on the layout.

Save Views

When you name and save a view, the following settings are saved:

• Magnification, center point, and view direction
• The location of the view (the Model or a specific named layout)
• Layer visibility in the drawing at the time the view is saved
• User coordinate system (UCS)
• View Category (optional)
• 3D perspective (not available in AutoCAD LT)
• Live section (not available in AutoCAD LT)
• Visual style (not available in AutoCAD LT)
• Background (not available in AutoCAD LT)

Restore a Named View

You can use named views to do the following:

• Restore a view that you use frequently while working in model space.
• Restore a view on a layout that is zoomed into an area of interest on the layout.
• With multiple model or layout viewports, restore a different view in each one.