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2. Select Wireframe from the menu. The chairs now appear as lines (see Figure 1.32), just as
they do in two of the other viewports.
Figure 1.32
The User viewport in
Wireframe mode
3. Change the User viewport back to the shaded mode by selecting Smooth + Highlights from
the viewport label right-click menu.
4. Right-click the Perspective viewport label, and then select Other Hidden Line from the
pop-up menu. The Perspective viewport changes to reflect the contents in the new Hidden
Line rendering mode.
5. Zoom in to the chairs to better see the appearance of the Hidden Line rendering mode. Your
view should be similar to Figure 1.33.
Figure 1.33
The chairs in Hidden
Line rendering mode
Notice that the pop-up menu is the same for both the User and Perspective viewports. This
menu gives you control over the display characteristics of the viewport. Try out a few other options
in the Viewport pop-up menu.
1. Right-click the User label, and then select Views Perspective. The User viewport changes
to a Perspective viewport. Notice that the label changes to read Perspective so that you now
have two Perspective viewports, as shown in Figure 1.34.
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