View Ribbon Tab

Tip: Click the

to open the Display Styles dialog. Used to define and manage display styles in the active file and to view display styles available from DGN libraries.

Table 1. Presentation group
Tool name	Description
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.

Table 2. Tools group
Tool name		Description
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 Tools	Displayset Add	Displays the selected elements and hides all other elements in the view.
Displayset Tools	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.
Left View		Change active view to left view.
View Previous		Undoes the last viewing operation (view control operation or view attribute change).
Top View		Change active view to top view.
Front View		Change active view to front view.
View Back		Change active view to back view.
More	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 the bridge design.
	Fly	Used to "fly" interactively through a 3D model.
	Navigate View	Used to interactively move the view camera in a view.
View Right		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`.

Table 3. Camera group
Tool name		Description
Lens Type	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	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		Used to interactively change the perspective angle of a view.
Define Camera	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.

Tip: Click the

to open the Named Boundaries dialog. Used to manage named boundaries and named boundary groups.

Table 4. Named Boundaries group
Tool name	Description
Place Named Boundaries	Used to place one or more named boundaries and optionally create saved view(s) and automate dynamic views.

Table 5. Clip group
Tool name	Description
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/Hide Clip Volumne	Used to change the display of a view's clip volume element.
Clear Clip Volume	Used to clear the clip volume from the view.

Tip: Click the

to open the Saved Views dialog. 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.

Table 6. Saved Views group
Tool name	Description
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.

Table 7. Window group
Tool name	Description
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.

Tip: Click the

to open the Manage View Groups dialog. Used to create, edit, and delete view groups.

Table 8. View Groups group
Tool name	Description
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	Clicking the down arrow displays a drop-down list of all models accessed, from which you can select a model to open.
view numbers	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.