Tools on the viewport toolbar

Controlling on-screen display
Viewport toolbar

Using the tools on the viewport toolbar, you can not only navigate freely on screen but also set any view. You can zoom in on any section or detail of your drawing as closely as you want. You can even use different view types to display the entire model or selected components.

Most of these tools are ‘transparent’ tools; in other words, you can use them while a another tool (e.g. Line) is active.

You cannot see the viewport toolbar until you move the cursor to the bottom of the viewport, guaranteeing as large a workspace as possible. If you are working with multiple viewports, each viewport has its own viewport toolbar.


Icon	Function	Use
	Standard Views flyout	Using the Standard views flyout, you can choose between plan view and any of the standard views. Tip: You can also set the standard views by pressing and holding down the CTRL key and pressing a number key on the number pad. This is only possible when NUMLOCK is active. Note: 2D elements are only displayed in 3D views when the 2D elements in 3D views option is selected in Show/Hide.
	Zoom All	Refresh sets the display scale so that all the elements in the visible files can be seen. But if you have loaded a view using Save, Load View, only this view is displayed. Press ESC to cancel the process. Tip: You can also double-click the middle mouse button.
	Zoom Section	Zoom Section zooms in on a section. To do this, press and hold down the left mouse button and enclose the elements you want to zoom in a selection rectangle. Note: If several viewports are open, the zoomed section is displayed in the viewport in which you clicked the button. The section itself, however, can be defined in any of the viewports. Requirements: you have not selected a perspective view and the same view is displayed in both viewports. Tip: You can also use the right mouse button to define the section without activating the Zoom Section tool.
	Navigation Mode	Switches navigation mode on and off. In design mode: sets a perspective view. When dragging, the cursor behaves in the same way as in animation windows (sphere mode, camera mode). In navigation mode: when switched off, you can draw in animation windows as you would in isometric windows.
	Previous View	Previous View displays the previous view.
	Next View	Next View displays the next view.
	Save, Load View	Save, Load View saves the view currently set or loads a view you have saved. This way, you can set views that you require time and again. Note: As long as the icon is active (pressed in), clicking Refresh does not refresh the entire drawing but just the saved view. To deactivate the icon, click it again.
	3D View	You can use the 3D View tool to display 3D models in three-dimensional space in a perspective view by entering an eye point (observer) and target point. You can also use this tool to create a view based on the building structure. The view displayed on screen can be saved as a wireframe model or as a hidden line image in a separate document. The drawing file to which you save then contains the view as a simple 2D drawing that you can then edit (in plan view) using the tools in the Draft and Text modules. Note: You can also select a default view by opening the View menu and clicking View. You can also click an icon in the on the viewport toolbar.
	Element Selection	Lets you select the design entities you want to display in the current viewport. The program temporarily hides all the other design entities.
	Always on Top	Always on Top places the viewport so that it is always on top (i.e., in front of) the other ones. This tool is only available when the Connected option is not selected and the viewport is not maximized.

	Exposure	Exposure controls the brightness in a viewport with the Animation view type. You can enter a value between -25 and 25. This setting only applies to the current viewport. When rendering, the program does not take this setting into account.
	Section Display	Activate Section displays an architectural section that you have defined with Clipping Path. You can identify the section by selecting it on the dropdown menu or by clicking it in the workspace. switches the section display off.
	Display Scale	Sets the display scale. You can select from a list of default values or enter any value in the data entry box. Then press ENTER to confirm.
	View Type	Displays the contents of the current viewport in one of the following ways: Wireframe Hidden Animation Sketch RTRender You can use New view type... to define and save your own view types. Click to modify the view types. The settings you make apply to all the viewports with this view type. Note: Using Hidden Line Image, Wireframe, you can save a 2D hidden line image to a separate file.

The layout editor provides additional view types you can use to switch between design view and print view. The latter shows the layout as it will be printed.
	Design view	The Design view displays the elements of the layout as you have created them. Any superordinate pen, line or color defined is taken into account. You can use the options provided by the Show/Hide tool to specify the type and scope of the elements displayed. The settings in the Print Layouts tool are ignored.
	Print view	The Print view displays the layout as it looks in the printout. Depending on the printer set, the printout is in color or monochrome. The elements you have selected in the Elements to print area and the parameters you have defined on the Print profile tab of the Print Layouts tool define the on-screen display. Only a few options are available in Show/Hide. Note: So that you can work quickly and easily, the print view also displays elements that are outside the page, the margins of the page and, if selected, the printable area of the output device although they are not included in the final printout. The same applies to the selection color and the detection color. These colors are used in the print view so that you can see better what you are doing. But the Print Layouts tool uses the colors you have assigned.

Note: You can find more tools for controlling the on-screen display on the View menu:

Icon	Function	Use
	Pan	Pan Pans the section that is visible in the active viewport by a vector you specify. To enter a vector, press and hold down the left mouse and then drag. You can also pan in the active viewport by pressing and holding down the middle mouse button and then dragging. Alternatively, use the cursor keys.
	Refresh	Regen regenerates the section that is visible on screen. Press ESC to cancel the process.
	Reduce View	Reduce View Reduces the section displayed on screen in incremental steps. (The display scale doubles.)
	Reduce View	Enlarge View Enlarges the section displayed on screen in incremental steps. (The display scale halves.)