Control what is visible in a viewport

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When you create view ports on a paper space layout,

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you can also control what is displayed in each viewport.

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So that only objects on specific layers are visible and appear in printed output.

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The exercise file already includes three separate view

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ports that display different portions of the model.

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Each viewport displays the model space geometry at

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a different scale and each has been locked.

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So you cannot accidentally change the scale.

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Suppose that you do not want to see the door and wall in the viewport in the

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upper left and you do not want to see the furniture in the viewport in the lower left

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on the home ribbon

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in the layers panel.

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When you expand the layer drop down and toggle off the walls layer,

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that layer disappears from both viewpoints,

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toggle that layer back on again.

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Obviously, you need to use a different method,

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double click inside the viewport in the upper left to make it the active viewport.

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When working in a paper space viewport,

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you can freeze individual layers within that viewport

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without affecting their visibility in any other viewport.

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Expand the layer drop down again

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for the walls layer select freeze or Thaw in current viewport,

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as soon as you do,

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the walls layer disappears in that viewport but

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remains visible in the other view ports.

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Repeat this to freeze the doors layer within the current viewport.

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Again,

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the doors disappear in that viewport but remain visible in the other viewport.

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Double click inside the lower left viewport to make it the active viewport

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then expand the layer drop down again.

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And for the furniture layer select freeze or thaw in current viewport

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as soon as you do,

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the furniture disappears in that viewport

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but remains visible in the other views.

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As you have seen,

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you can freeze or thaw specific layers within

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individual view ports on a viewport by viewport basis

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to control the visibility of layers within each viewport.

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Note that you can override other visual

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properties in individual viewpoints as well.

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For example, you could make objects appear using different colors,

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using different line types or using different line

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weights on a viewport by viewport basis,

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double click outside the viewport to return to paper space.