Properties: Viewport

Manages viewport properties.

Three viewport pages (normal viewports, page viewports, and detail viewports) contain information and controls that are relative to that viewport.

Model Viewport Properties

Viewport

Title

Width/Height

Projection

Camera

Lens Length

X/Y/Z Location

Target

X/Y/Z Location

Wallpaper options

Filename/Browse button

Show

Gray

Layout Viewport Properties

Page Settings

Printer

Page Width

Page Height

Detail Viewport Properties

Locked

Viewport navigation is not allowed in a locked detail.

Scale

Units on paper = Units in model

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ViewportProperties

Manages viewport properties.

Three viewport pages (normal viewports, page viewports, and detail viewports) contain information and controls that are relative to that viewport.

Model Viewport Properties

General information

Title

The viewport title displays in the top left corner of a viewport.

Size

The viewport size in pixels.

Projection

Parallel

Sets the viewport to a parallel projection.

Parallel views are also called orthogonal views in some systems. In a parallel view, all the grid lines are parallel to each other, and identical objects look the same size, regardless of where they are in the view.

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Perspective

Sets the viewport to a perspective projection.

In a perspective view, grid lines converge to a vanishing point. This provides the illusion of depth in the viewport. Perspective projection makes objects farther away look smaller.

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35mm camera lens

Lens Length

When the projection is set to perspective, you can change the lens length of the camera. A "normal" lens length for a 35mm camera is 43 to 50mm.

Camera and target locations (x, y, z)

Camera

The camera location in world coordinates. Type coordinates or click Place to pick a location.

Also see the Camera command.

Place button

Click to pick a location for the camera.

Target

The target location in world coordinates. Type coordinates or click Place to pick a location.

Also see the Camera command.

Place button

Click to pick a location for the target.

Place camera and target button

Click to pick a location for the camera and target.

Wallpaper options

Wallpaper is a bitmap that displays behind the grid in a viewport. It does not change when you zoom, pan, or rotate your view.

Filename/Browse button

Displays the wallpaper file name.

Click the Browse button to select a file.

Show wallpaper

Shows or hides the wallpaper.

Show wallpaper as gray scale

Displays the wallpaper as a gray image rather than color.

Note: Wallpaper does not display in renderings.

Rhino stores the wallpaper bitmap image in the Rhino document file.

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PerspectiveAngle

Sets the viewport field-of-view angle.

Steps:

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Viewport Layout > Set Perspective Angle (Right click)

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