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Inter face
Undo View Change—Cancels viewport changes.
Thenameofthechangeyou’reundoingis
displayed in the View menu beside the command.
Undo is useful when you are working with a
background image in the viewport. You can zoom
into the geometry to adjust it, then use Undo
V iewport Zoom to restore the original alignment
of the geometry with the background.
Redo V iew Change—Cancels the previous Undo
View C hange. The name of the change you’re
redoing appears in the View menu beside the
command.
Save Active V iew
Views menu > Save Active View (the nam e of the active
viewport is part of the command)
Save Active View stores the active view to an
internal buffer. If you have framed a shot in any
view other than a camera, use Save Act ive View
to preserve the view p ort’s appearance. The saved
active v iew is saved with the scene fi le. Once saved,
you can retrieve it using
RestoreActiveView(page
1–37)
.
Theviewportthatwillberestoredisdisplayed
in the menu item (for example, "Save Active
Perspect ive View"). You can save and restore up
to eight different views (Top, Bottom, Left, Rig ht,
Front, Back, User , Perspective).
Viewport changes that are saved include v iewport
type, zoom and rotations, and field-of-view
(FOV).
The options available on the
view port right-click
menu (page 3–774)
,suchasShowSafeFrameand
Viewport Clipping, are not saved. If these settings
areimportanttotheview,makeanoteofwhatthey
are so you can reset them af ter restoring the v iew.
Procedure
To save an active view:
1.
Activate the viewport with the view you want
to save.
2. Choose Views menu > Save Active View. The
view is now saved and can be recalled using
RestoreActiveView.
Restor e Active V iew
Viewsmenu>RestoreActiveView(thenameofthe
active viewport is part of the command.)
RestoreActiveViewdisplaystheviewpreviously
stored with
Save Active View (page 1–37) .
The viewpor t to b e restored is displayed in
themenuitem(forexample,"RestoreActive
Perspective View").
Theactiveviewisrestoredifthesameviewport
and layout are active.
If an act ive view won’t restore with this command,
check the following:
•Besuretheviewportisactive.
• Makesurethelayoutisthesameasbefore.
Use Viewport Configuration (right-click any
viewport lab el and choose Configure) and
choose Layout.
• If the layout and act ive v iewport are the same,
be sure View port Clipping on the
Viewport
Right-Click Menu (page 3–774)
is set the same
as it was when the viewport was saved.
Procedure
To restore a saved view:
1.
Activate the viewport where you saved the view.
2. Choose Views menu > Restore Active View.
This option is available only in a viewport with
a saved v iew.