Navigation Commands:
We recommend giving an easy to remember key command to the Navogation Commands as you'll probably use them often throughout a work session.

Enter VP Annotation:  Enters a viewport’s “Annotation Space” (Edit Annotation Mode)
Enter VP Crop:  Enters a viewport’s “Crop Space” (Edit Crop Mode)
Enter VP Design Layers:  Enters a viewport’s “Design Space” (Design Layers and Classes)
Enter VP Sheet Layer:  Enters a viewport’s “Sheet Layer Space” (Parent Sheet Layer)

If you have a viewport selected, are in a viewport’s Annotation Space, or in a viewport’s Crop Space, these commands take you to it’s corresponding space for that viewport.  Otherwise, the commands take you to its corresponding space of the previous viewport entered.  In other words, once you “enter” a viewport using a ViewPack command, you can easily navigate to any other space for that viewport with these commands.  If you select another viewport, are in another viewport’s Annotation Space, or in another viewport’s Crop Space, the navigation commands will then take you to the corresponding space for that viewport.

TIP:  These commands will also work on locked viewports. This allows you to lock a viewport’s location and still edit in it’s different spaces.

Enter Viewport: (from List):

This command allows you to enter the Annotation, Crop, Design, or Sheet Layer Space of any viewport within the document.  The command presents a choice of what space to “enter” (Annotation, Crop, Design Layers, Sheet Layer) you wish to enter.  Also presented, is list of all the Sheet Layers containing viewports within the active document, and a list of the viewports contained in the selected Sheet Layer.   Click on the desired Sheet Layer (in the list to the left) to display the contained viewports (in the list to the right).  Then, select the desired viewport, click “OK”, and the command will take you to the corresponding space for that viewport.

TIPS:
Double-clicking on a viewport name, will immediately close the dialog and take you to the corresponding space for that viewport.  This eliminates the need to click the “OK” button.

This command allows you to have multiple sets of class attributes in a document.  This is useful for users who like using certain class attributes for working, and different class attributes for printing.  This can also be handy for changing the attributes for certain types of plans (i.e.:  using a thinner wall line weight for an electrical plan).  Keep in mind that the attributes are changed globally throughout your document.  If you need different attributes for different printed sheets, you’ll need to run this command to change the attributes as needed before printing.

           

When this command is first run, it will ask you to name the current “Class Attribute Mode”.  This mode will be the current active mode and all of the current class attributes will be saved to this mode.  You will then be able to create additional modes.  Creating a new mode (with the “New” button) will create a mode using the current documents class attributes as default.  Duplicating a mode (by selecting an existing mode and clicking the “Duplicate” button) will create a new mode using the selected existing mode’s class attributes as a default.  Every time you change to a different mode, all of your current class attributes will be saved to the currently active mode.

"Class Attribute Mode" Demonstration Movie
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