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 are saved with a drawing and can be used any time. When you are composing a layout, you can restore a named view 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
• View category that you assign to the view (optional)
• 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)
• 3D perspective
• Live section
• Visual style
• Background

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.