2012

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System Variables
NAVVCUBEDISPLAY
Controls the display of the ViewCube tool in the current visual style and the
current viewport.
PERSPECTIVE
Specifies whether the current viewport displays a perspective view.
Home View
You can define a Home view for a model so you can restore a familiar view
when you use the navigation tools.
The Home view is a special view stored with a model that makes it easy to
return to a known or familiar view. You can define any view of the model as
the Home view. The saved Home view can be applied to the current view by
clicking the Home button above the ViewCube tool or from the ViewCube
menu.
When you open a drawing that was created in a release earlier than AutoCAD
2008, the extents of a model are used as the default Home view. Drawings
created with AutoCAD 2012 have a Home view defined with a Top/Left/Front
orientation. While you can use the Home view to navigate back to a familiar
view, you can also use it to generate the thumbnail preview when you save a
model instead of using the last saved view.
The Thumbnail Preview Settings dialog box is used to control the thumbnail
preview for a drawing when saved (the Home or the last saved view). Along
with defining which view is used for the thumbnail preview, you can also set
the Home view back to its default view.
To define the Home view
Right-click the ViewCube tool and click Set Current View as Home.
To reorient the model to the Home view
Use one of the following methods:
Click the Home button (
) located near the ViewCube tool.
Right-click the ViewCube tool, and click Home.
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