The View Control bar contains tools for manipulating views in the active DGN file. The View Control bar is off by default. To display it at the top of each window, in the in the Preferences dialog, View Options category, turn on the Toolbox check box and select Top from the drop-down list next to it.

To	In the view control bar for the view in question, select
Adjust view attribute settings.	View Attributes
Apply scene lighting to a view and adjust brightness of shaded views.	Adjust View Brightness
Select the Background Map settings.	Bing Maps
Update (redraw) a view(s).	Update View
Increase the magnification of a view.	Zoom In
Decrease the magnification of a view.	Zoom Out
Window an area in a view.	Window Area
Display all displayable elements in the active design and attached references in a view.	Fit View
Open the View Rotation toolbox and rotate the view.	Rotate View
View a different part of the design without changing the view magnification.	Pan View
Undo the last viewing operation.	View Previous
Redo the last undone viewing operation.	View Next
Copy contents of one view to another.	Copy View
Open the Clip Volume toolbox and apply a clip volume to a view.	Clip Volume
Apply a clip mask to a view	Clip Mask

Some of these view controls operate differently when the active model is 3D.

Note: All tools in a toolbox are not always visible by default. To see all tools, right-click in the toolbox and select Show All from the menu.