Double-click any place within the Viewport blue border to access the Viewport Properties
The viewport properties mainly controls the final presentation of the drawings. There are several tabs in this dialog
General tab
Label Settings tab
A automatic label and scale can be inserted with a viewport. The Label Settings tab controls this.
Detailing tab
The detailing tab mainly control how bolts are drawn.
Bolt Group Import Style
- All : Show bolts & holes
- Bolts Only : Show bolts only
- Holes Only : Show holes only
Bolt Drawing Style
- Default : Bolts drawn to scale
- Line : Bolt will be drawn as cross + (Easier to view at elevation)
- Line Symmetric : Bolts drawn as symmetric cross + (Easier to view at elevation)
Filtering tab
The Filtering settings controls the view extents and objects shown.
- Up (+) : Sets the upper boundary of depth of visibility ( 0 = infinite)
- Down (-) : Sets the lower boundary of depth of visibility (0 = infinite)
- Minimum X,Y & Maximum X, Y : Sets the boundary of visibility in the view plane (0 = infinite)
- Reset XY Limits : Reset XY limits value to default
Up-Down Method
- Partial : only elements partially in the described region are also displayed
- Full : only elements which are fulling in the described region are displayed
Also cut non-formwork objects using Up & Down : non formwork object will be cut by the boundary
Show coordinate system on screen : To show coordinate system
Filter Point Mode (control visibility of points)
- 2D Last Position
- 2D Definition Point
- 3D
Grid Filter Mode (control visibility of grids)
- Unlimited Up/Down
- Pass Always
- Normal
Filter Settings
- Reveals additional Filter Options such as object types, eg. grid, bolt, weld, etc
Presets tab
The presets tab allows user to save the settings as re-use them.
- Load : Load the preset selected
- Save : Save to the current selected preset
- Save As : Save current settings as a new preset
- Delete : Delete the selected preset
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