Rotate Viewport

[Jack Cheong]

Anyone know how to rotate the viewport in layout?
thx a lot

Jack Cheong

[jaberwok]

There's a couple of ideas here.

[Jack Cheong]

There's a couple of ideas here.

DVIEW - TWIST - Angle
Thanks, it work!

Jack Cheong

[CADiva]

I have a lisp routine that I run that does it quick and easily.

[CADDmanVA]

DVIEW works really well, as mentioned above. An alternate is to rotate your UCS as needed, then use the command PLAN. Sometimes I think this is simpler than DVIEW.

[H-Angus]

MVSETUP works too.

[steve922542]

Anyone know how to rotate the viewport in layout?
thx a lot

Jack Cheong

I created a button and use the following macro. Use it within floating model space.

1. Click the button,
2. select a center point in the viewport for rotation.

It will rotate the viewport 90 degrees. Repeat for 180, 270, etc. If you end up doing this frequently, create a second button that rotates clockwise. I chose zoom settings that work well for me and my work. You may want to tweak it to your needs.

There are fancier ways to do it, but this way works for LT and the full version.

^C^C_UCS;N;none;\ucs;z;90;plan;;z;s;1/24;z;c;0,0;;ucs;;ucs;v;

[bbapties]

An alternate is to rotate your UCS as needed, then use the command PLAN. Sometimes I think this is simpler than DVIEW.[/FONT]

this is my prefered method because I like to use the Entity option and snap my UCS to an object that I want straight then do a PLAN command...(its actually setup as a macro for ease and speed)..i love it

[CADDmanVA]

this is my prefered method because I like to use the Entity option and snap my UCS to an object that I want straight then do a PLAN command...(its actually setup as a macro for ease and speed)..i love it

Exactly. I prefer the 3-point method so the UCS doesn't end up in the middle of my objects though. Something about negative values irks me.

[steve922542]

Exactly. I prefer the 3-point method so the UCS doesn't end up in the middle of my objects though. Something about negative values irks me.

If you notice, the macro I posted above avoids the problem of negative values by returning the origin to the World Coordinates then rotating to the view.