You can view models through one, two, or four viewports.
To open four viewports:
- Click Four View
(Standard Views toolbar) or .

You can choose the following viewport arrangements from the Window menu or the Standard Views toolbar:
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Tooltip |
Views Displayed |
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Single View
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User-specified
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Two View - Horizontal
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Front and Top
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Two View - Vertical
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Front and Right
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Four View
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Front, Right, Top, and Trimetric (Third Angle), or Front, Left, Top, and Trimetric (First Angle). Specify First Angle or Third Angle in .
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- The lower left corner of each viewport displays the current orientation.
- To choose a different orientation, click the View Orientation
(Heads-up View toolbar).
- When you switch from multiple viewports back to a single viewport, the model displays the orientation of the active viewport. If you then switch back to multiple viewports, the orientations are the defaults again.
- You can change the orientation or rotation of a model in any viewport independently as long as the viewports are not linked.