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About <font color=#6b238e>J. </font><font color=#ff7f00>B. </font><font color=#0000ff>Borge</font>
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AutoCAD - Can you angle viewports?


Expert: <font color=#6b238e>J. </font><font color=#ff7f00>B. </font><font color=#0000ff>Borge</font> - 11/29/2007

Question
How do I angle a viewport? I am wanting to add break lines in paper space and for this reason I would like to beable to angle the viewport.
Thank you,
Chantale

Answer
Chantale, you can't really rotate a viewport (unless its polygonal) & the objects rotate accordingly. You have to rotate the objects inside the viewport manually. To do this, ensure you're in paperspace & double click inside the viewport to port you to model space. Use the 'DVIEW' command & select objects you want affected or rotated (in your case type 'ALL'), then type 'TW' for the twist option & indicate the rotation angle desired (so its ideal to figure out the angle first). Hope this helps, let me know!

-JB

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