New viewport arrangements

NewViewport

The NewViewport command creates a new viewport.

The following settings match the currently active viewport: snap spacing, grid spacing, major grid line interval, grid extents, grid visibility, grid axes visibility, and world axes icon visibility.

NewFloatingViewport

The NewFloatingViewport command creates a new viewport that can be located outside the bounds of the main Rhino application window.

This allows floating a viewport and dragging it on to another monitor.

The ToggleFloatingViewport command changes the floating viewport back into the normal Rhino viewport located inside the Rhino application window.

Floating viewport settings are not saved in the model from one editing session to the next. Closing the model will reset all viewports back to normal Rhino viewports.

You can also copy an existing viewport to a floating viewport with drag and drop.

Command-line options

View projection

Sets the projection and view for the viewport.

CopyActive

Uses the same projection as the currently active viewport.

Link new viewport to named view

Links the viewport to the Named View so that changes to the viewport update the named view automatically.

Any named view widget displaying the view is also updated, and changes to the named view via the widget are reflected in the floating viewport.

To copy a viewport by dragging

Click and drag a viewport title outside the viewport docking area.

A preview of the viewport appears.

Release the mouse button to drop the viewport copy.

ToggleFloatingViewport

The ToggleFloatingViewport command toggles the Rhino viewport type between a normal viewport docked and a floating viewport.

Note

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Floating viewports can be located outside the bounds of the main Rhino application window.

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This command can be used on model viewports and on Layout viewports.

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When used on a layout viewport, all layout viewports in the model use the floating viewport window.

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Floating viewports work best with multiple monitors.

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Floating viewport settings are not saved in the model from one editing session to the next. Closing the model will reset all viewports back to normal Rhino viewports.

4View

The 4View command sets up a four-viewport workspace with parallel world top, world front, and world right views, and a world perspective view.

Four-view layout

Note

If new viewports are created, the following settings match the currently active viewport: snap spacing, grid spacing, major grid line interval, grid extents, grid visibility, grid axes visibility, and world axes icon visibility.

The 4View command can operate in two different ways:

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When views are not in default layout:

If four views with the names Top, Front, Right, and Perspective are not located or sized in their default position, all four views are reset to their typical layout. The orientation and construction plane for existing views are not modified.

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When views are in their default layout:

If four views with the names Top, Front, Right, and Perspective are located and sized to their default layout, the orientation and construction planes are reset their default world orientations.

Using the command twice in sequence bring all viewport sizes and orientation and their construction planes back to the default locations.