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GETTING THE VIEW YOU WANT
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Figure 1.26
Zooming out to view a
larger area
Now, suppose you don’t like the last view change you made and you want to go back to the pre-
vious view. Try the following steps to return to the previous view:
1. Choose Views Undo View Change. You return to the previous view. (Alternatively, press
Shift+Z.)
2. Choose Views Undo View Change or press Shift+Z again. Your view returns to the view
prior to the last view.
3. Choose Views Undo View Change a third time. You return to the view you had before you
panned your view.
The Views Undo View Change command lets you step back to a previous view in case the last
view change you made is one you don’t like. Views Undo View Change undoes any view change,
regardless of which viewport tool you used last.
Saving a View You Like
If you happen to get a view that you know you want to go back to later, you can save the view with
the Views Save Active command from the menu bar. Use it in the next exercise to save a view that
you’ll return to later in this chapter. And, as you’ll see in Chapter 8, you can also create a camera
object and align it to an existing view.
1. Click the Zoom Extents tool to set up your view for the next exercise. Zoom Extents causes
the viewport to display the entire model.
2. Save this view by choosing Views Save Active Perspective View.
Undo View Is Different from Undo
Don’t confuse Views Undo View Change with the Edit Undo command. Edit Undo undoes cre-
ation and editing operations but not view changes.
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