nanoCAD Platform Help

Viewport by Object

CAD drafting Viewport by Object 0        Ribbon: Layout – Layout Viewports > CAD software Viewport by Object 1 Viewport by Object (The Layout tab only appears when you are in paper space)

CAD drawing Viewport by Object 2        Menu: View – ViewPorts > CAD drafting Viewport by Object 3 by Objects

CAD software Viewport by Object 4        Menu: Insert – ViewPorts in Layout > CAD drawing Viewport by Object 5 By Objects

CAD drafting Viewport by Object 6        Toolbar: Layout – CAD software Viewport by Object 7 

CAD drawing Viewport by Object 8        Toolbar: ViewportsCAD drafting Viewport by Object 9

CAD software Viewport by Object 10 Command line: ADDOBJECTVIEWPORT

This command allows you to convert closed objects (circles, ellipses, closed polylines, splines, regions) into viewports.

ADDOBJECTVIEWPORT command options

Description

?

Calls additional options to select the objects.

Extent

Displays all objects from the model space in the viewport.

 

Active<0.000831>

Displays the current view of the model space in the viewport.

 

Paper<1.000000>

Sets the viewport scale corresponding to the layout scale.

 

 

 

ADDOBJECTVIEWPORT command prompts

Description

Select closed object to create viewport or [?]:

Select the closed object.

Input or choose view scale <Paper> or [Extents/Active<0.000831>/Paper<1.000000>]:

Input scale of the viewport or select necessary option.

nanoCAD allows you to run this command both in the current layout, in which the created closed object needs to be converted into a viewport, and directly from the model space.

If the command is run not from paper space, but from model space, the Select Layout dialog box opens. Select the layout on which you want to place the viewport.

By default, you will be offered the layout that was current (active) before the command start.

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