Once we have set up model space view ports we will explore how to save sets of viewports or single focussed viewports this is a great way to continue working on a drawing at convenient angles or being able to quickly move to named areas of a building or an assembly.
If the construction plane does not go the direction you want, flip the. In AutoCAD Lt there are also various methods to rotate the model space and these tend to be a bit geeky so I will be showing you what I think is an easier way. The construction planes in all viewports change so their origin is at the picked. In the full version of AutoCAD rotating model space is a simpler process as it is designed to work in a 3D environment, making use of the UCS, (User Coordinate System icon), a View cube tool and various other interactive methods. This is a follow up to my previous post that explains how to rotate paper space layout views. We will be using some tools from the View Ribbon and then adding a toolset that you may not know even exists! How to save your custom named viewports.
In this video, I give 3 great tips for rotating the contents of AutoCAD in Model space when using Lt.
