Using Aerial Viewer when working with Floating Viewports *Applies to: AutoCAD R14, 2000, 2000i, 2002, 2004 and 2005*
After working with AutoCAD fo4r many years it
just clicked one day. No, I wasn't sitting around trying to find
a really good reason to use Aerial Viewer either. Aerial Viewer
can be a very valuable tool when working with a large or even small
drawing that has several Viewports on it. Aerial Viewer allows
you to see your entire drawing when you are trying to line up part of
the design through a Viewport.
Step 1 -
Switch to a Layout like you normally would.
Step 2 -
Place the viewport like you normally would on
your drawing using the VPORTS or -VPORT command. You can
also use the command LAYOUTWIZARD to help step you through
the creation of both a Layout and Viewports.
Step 3 -
Here is were the tip comes in place. If
you normally have Viewport scale set you might have the Viewport
locked. You will need to disable the locking on the
Viewport. To do this select the Viewport and then
right-click over it. Select No from the Locked Display
menu flyout. Otherwise, you can select the Viewport and
bring it up in Properties Palette to make the setting change.
Step 4 -
Now that the display has been unlocked you
can use the Aerial Viewer. To call up the Aerial Viewer
type in 'dsviewer at the command line or select Aerial Viewer
from the View pull-down.
Step 1 -
Switch to a Layout like you normally would.
Step 2 -
After the button is clicked the menu will be
displayed on screen.
Step 3 -
The items that are currently being displayed
in the Status Bar area are the ones with a checkmark next to
them. Select the item to uncheck and hide the button in
the Status Bar or select one that was previously unchecked to
reactivate it in the Status Bar.
