View - Panes - Views

The Views pane saves specific views into a window at a given location and zoom level under a name. Note that when a component is projected, saving a view at a given zoom level is really saving a view at a specified scale, the scale at which the view is displayed.

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We can pan and zoom into a map of Switzerland, for example, so that Geneva is centered in the map and then save that view under the name Geneva. At any time we can jump directly to that view by clicking on the Geneva entry in the Views pane and choosing Apply View.

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Apply View - Go to this view.
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Add New View - Add the current view to the views pane.
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Delete - Delete this view from the views pane.

To Save a View

  1. Pan and zoom the window to the desired view.

  2. Open the views pane if it is not open (use the ALT - SHIFT - V keyboard shortcut if desired).

  3. Press the Add New View button to add the view.

  4. Click into the view entry to rename it as desired.

To Go To a View

  1. Open the views pane if it is not open.

  2. Click on the view desired to highlight it.

  3. Press the Apply View button to go to that view.

Tech Tip

The views pane works with print layouts windows as well. This is a handy way of navigating complex layouts to zoom in and zoom out onto different features that are frequently used: simply save the desired views in the views pane for quick navigation between views.

The views pane also works with Terrains to save a view of 3D terrain from a given position.

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