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