To Work With Model Space Viewports

To Create Multiple Model Space Viewports

1. Click View menu > Viewports.
2. Click the viewport configuration that you want to use.

To Make a Model Space Viewport Current

• Click anywhere within the viewport borders.

To Cycle Through Viewports Without Clicking

• Press Ctrl+ R repeatedly.

To Reset Model Space to a Single Viewport

• Click View menu > Viewports > 1 Viewport.

To Join Two Model Space Viewports

Note: To join two viewports, they must share a common edge of the same length.

1. Click View menu > Viewports > Join.
2. Click in the model space viewport you want to keep.
3. Click in an adjacent viewport to join it to the first viewport.

Tip: Alternatively, you can drag an interior boundary of any model space viewport, joining it to another viewport with a common edge of the same length.

To Draw Across Two Model Space Viewports

In a large drawing, you can use this method to draw a line from a detail in one corner to a detail in a distant corner.

1. Start the line in the current viewport.
2. Make another viewport current by clicking within it, and then specify the second endpoint of the line.