View

Presentation Tools Camera Named Boundaries Clip Saved Window View Groups

The View ribbon interface is explained in details below.



Figure 1. View ribbon interface

Presentation group



Figure 2. Presentation group
Settings Description


View Attributes 		Allows you to view attributes of certain drawing aids.


Apply Display Style 		Allows you to set the display mode for any view.


Apply Display Rule 		Used to create and manage display rule sets and display rules for display styles.
Display Styles 		Allows you to apply different display styles.

Tools group



Figure 3. Tools group
Settings Description


Window Area 		Allows you to define boundaries within a view window.


Zoom Out 		Allows you to decreases a view's magnification, making elements appear smaller.


Fit View 		Allows you to adjust the view.


Update View 		Allows you to update the contents of view window.


Zoom In 		Allows you to Increases a view window's magnification, making elements appear larger.


Pan View 		Allows you to view different parts of design without changing the magnified view.


Displayset Set 		Allows you to display the selected elements and hide other.


Displayset Add 		Allows you to add elements to the displayset.


Displayset Remove 		Allows you to select element from the displayset.


Displayset Clear 		Allows you to clear the elements from displayset.


Rotate View 		Allows you to rotate the view.


Change view to left view 		Allows you to rotate view to left view.


View Previous 		Allows you to undo view control operation.


Change view to top view 		Allows you to change view to top view.


Change view to front view 		Allows you to change view to front view.


Change view to back view 		Allows you to change view to back view.


Isometric View 		Allows you to activate isometric view.


Right-isometric view 		Allows you to activate right isometric view.


Bottom View 		Allows you to activate view to bottom view.


Walk 		Allows you to walk through 3D view of design.


Fly 		Allows you to fly through 3D model.


Navigate View 		Allows you to move camera in a view.


Change view to right view 		Allows you to change view to right view


View Next 		Allows you to redo the last undone view operation.


Presentation Illustration 		Allows you to set display style to illustration: Modeling.


Presentation Shaded 		Allows you to set display style to smooth: Modeling.


Presentation Wireframe 		Allows you to set display style to wireframe.

Camera group



Figure 4. Camera group
Settings Description


Lens Type 		Allows you to set perspective view to match an extra wide-angle or normal camera lens.
  • 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 		Allows you 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 		Allows you to change the perspective angle of a view.


Define Camera 		Allows you 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 		Allows you to match known points in 3D space to corresponding points in a photograph, to determine the camera position, lens angle and target location.

Named Boundaries group



Figure 5. Named Boundaries group
Settings Description


Named Boundaries 		Allows you to manage named boundaries and named boundary groups.
Named Boundaries

Used to manage named boundaries and named boundary groups.

Clip group



Figure 6. Clip group
Settings Description


Clip Volume 		Allows you to limit the displayed volume for a view to the region within a clipping element.


Clip Mask 		Allows you to mask the display of elements in a view that are located within the region of a clipping element.


Show/Hide Clip Volume 		Allows you to change the display of a views clip volume elements.


Clear Clip Volume 		Allows you to clear the clip volume from the view.

Saved Views group



Figure 7. Saved Views group
Settings Description


Create Saved View 		Allows you to name and describe the view that you want to save.


Updated Saved View Settings 		Allows you to update the selected saved view.


Apply Saved View 		Allows you 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 group



Figure 8. Window group
Settings Description


Copy View 		Allows you to copy the content of an entire view.


Cascade 		Allows you to stack view windows in numerical order.


Tile 		Allows you to tile view windows between all docked windows and dialogs near the edges of the MicroStation window.


Arrange 		Allows you to resize all view windows.


View Size 		Allows you to control size of the view window.

View groups



Figure 9. View group
Settings Description


Previous 		Allows you to navigate to previously accessed model.


Next 		Allows you to navigate to next model.


All Visited 		Allows you to navigate to all visited models.


View Toggles 		Allows you to click the numbered button to open or close window.


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.