In this video, author Shaun Bryant shows you how to match up layout viewports using the Synchronize Viewports command in the AutoCAD Express Tools.
- [Instructor] Welcome to another Tip and Trick for AutoCAD.…And we're going to look at an express tool now…where we can synchronize our viewports in our layout tabs.…Now, we've got a new drawing for you to follow along,…with video, it's called SyncViewports.dwg.…See the name of it there at the top of the screen.…And you can download that from the library…any time to obviously follow along with the video.…Now, what I'd like you to do is…once you've obviously got the drawing open,…go into the A3 landscape tab,…and then jump into your Express tools tab…in the AutoCAD ribbon.…
Just pan and zoom a little, and you'll see…those two lower viewports, the bottom left…and the bottom right viewport aren't synchronized.…We want the circle here to be aligned…with the rectangle here in the left-hand viewport.…Now, how do we do that?…How do we synchronize these viewports…so they are, in essence, in line with each other…and neat and tidy?…Well, that's where we use the Synchronize Viewports command.…That's on the Express tools tab on the AutoCAD ribbon,…
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10/5/2016Skill Level Intermediate
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