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Create a Nonrectangular Viewport | 603
4 Select the viewport with the view you want to rotate.
5 Specify a base point for the rotation.
6 Specify the rotation angle.
The entire view rotates within the viewport.
Create a Nonrectangular Viewport
You can create a new viewport with irregular boundaries by converting an
object drawn in paper space into a viewport.
The
MVIEW command provides the Object and Polygonal options to assist
you in defining an irregularly shaped viewport. You can create a new view-
port with irregular boundaries by converting an object drawn in paper space
into a viewport.
With the Object option, you can select an object to convert into a viewport.
A polyline can contain arc or line segments, can be self-intersecting, must
contain at least three vertices, and must be closed. The polyline that defines
the irregular boundary is associated with the viewport after the viewport is
created.
As you define the irregular viewport boundary, AutoCAD calculates the
extents of the selected object, then places a viewport object at the corner of
the extents of the boundary, and clips the viewport to the object specified in
the boundary.
The Polygonal option can be used to create an irregularly shaped viewport by
specifying points. The prompt sequence is the same as the prompt sequence
for creating a polyline.
model space geometry existing viewport result
new
boundary