View Tab

Note: Select a link to "jump" to the desired View group.

Presentation

	View Attributes Used to set view attributes that affect whether and how certain types and classes of elements display and whether certain drawing aids display.
	Apply Display Style Used to set the display mode for any view.
	Display Styles Used to define and manage display styles in the active file and to view display styles available from DGN libraries.

Tools

	Window Area Used to define the boundaries of a rectangular area of the active model to be displayed within a view.
	Zoom Out Decreases a view's magnification, making elements appear smaller.
	Fit View Adjusts the view magnification so that the entire model is visible in the view.
	Update View Updates the contents of a view window(s).
	Zoom In Increases a view window's magnification, making elements appear larger.
	Pan View Used to view a different part of the design without changing the view magnification.
	Displayset Set Displays the selected elements and hides all other elements in the view.
	Displayset Add Adds the selected elements to the displayset.
	Displayset Remove Removes the selected elements from the displayset.
	Displayset Clear Clears the displayset to show all the elements in the view.
	Rotate View Used to rotate a view.
	Change view to left view Change active view to left view.
	View Previous Undoes the last viewing operation (view control operation or view attribute change).
	Change view to top view Change active view to top view.
	Change view to front view Change active view to front view.
	Change view to back view Change active view to back view.
	Isometric view Change active view to isometric view.
	Right-isometric view Change active view to right-isometric view.
	Bottom view Change active view to bottom view.
	Walk Used to interactively "walk" through a 3D view of a building, plant, or other design.
	Fly Used to "fly" interactively through a 3D model.
	Navigate View Used to interactively move the view camera in a view.
	Change view to right view Change active view to right view.
	View Next Redoes the last undone viewing operation.
	Presentation Illustration Sets the display style to `Illustration:Modeling`.
	Presentation Shaded Sets the display style to `Smooth:Modeling`.
	Presentation Wireframe Sets the display style to `Wireframe`.

Camera

	Normal Camera Set perspective in a view to match a normal camera lens.
	Extra Wide Camera Set perspective in a view to match an extra wide angle camera lens.
	Telephoto Camera Set perspective in a view to match a telephoto camera lens.
	Two Point Projection (Hidden by default) Set perspective in a view to two point projection.
	Camera Off Turn off a view camera.
	Place Camera Used to setup a view camera, in 3 point projection mode, by entering data points to define first the camera location, then the camera target location.
	Change View Perspective (3D only) Used to interactively change the perspective angle of a view.
	Define Camera Used to set up a view for rendering, or to create saved views.
	Camera Lens Used to set up a camera lens in a selected view.
	Focal Distance Used to set the focal distance of the camera; the distance from the eyepoint to the image plane.
	Photomatch Matches known points in 3D space to corresponding points in a photograph, to determine the camera position, lens angle and target location.

Named Boundaries

	Place Named Boundary Used to place one or more named boundaries and optionally create saved view(s) and automate dynamic views.
	Named Boundaries Used to manage named boundaries and named boundary groups.

Clip

	Clip Volume Used to limit the displayed volume for a view to the region within a clipping element. This is useful for working within a limited volume of a model without being hindered by geometry outside the region of interest.
	Clip Mask Used to mask the display of elements in a view that are located within the region of a clipping element.
	Show Clip Volume Used to change the display of a view's clip volume element.
	Clear Clip Volume Used to clear the clip volume from the view.

Saved Views

	Create Saved View Used to name and describe the view that you are saving.
	Update Saved View Settings Used to update the selected saved view.
	Apply Saved View Used to apply the saved view to the selected view or all open views.
	Saved Views Used to create, update, apply, import, and delete saved views and edit properties of saved views. Saving a view allows you to quickly apply a view with specific attributes.

Window

	Copy View Used to copy the contents of an entire view and its corresponding attributes to other views.
	Cascade Stacks view windows in numerical order with the lowest numbered window entirely visible and the title bar of each remaining window visible.
	Tile Tiles view windows between all docked windows and dialogs near the edges of the MicroStation window.
	Arrange Resizes all view windows so that they fit tightly within the available space without overlapping.
	View Size Used to control the size of the view.

View Groups

	Prev Lets you access the previous model in the session history by clicking the left arrow. Alternatively, you can click the down arrow and select a previously accessed model from a drop-down list.
	Next Lets you access the next model in the session history by clicking the right arrow. Alternatively, you can click the down arrow and select the next model from a drop-down list.
	All Visited Clicking the down arrow displays a drop-down list of all models accessed, from which you can select a model to open.
	Views toggles Click the numbered buttons to open or close individual view windows (equivalent to choosing the numbered items in the View Groups ribbon group).
	View Group Displays the name of the view group as well as the model with which it is associated, and allows you select a different view group.
	Manage View Groups Used to create, edit, and delete view groups.