How do I rotate a complete view?? 1

[paullaup]

I use CAD 14). I have a drawing, two adjoined buildings. One of the buildings is orthogonal (in plan), the other building is skewed at 24 degrees to the vertical. TO work on the skewed building I have to go to UCS and pick "object" and click on a line rotated to the building skew, so the cursur will rotate to the building skew (VERY AWKWARD!!!). How do I rotate the whole "drawing" to appear orthogonal?? (rather than rotate the cursor). I know it can be done but I dont know how???

HELP!!

 

[CADaver]

Once you've rotated your UCS as you describe, enter the PLAN command, and <current UCS>. That will rotate your view of the plan to mach the UCS.

Another option is use the DVIEW command to TWIST the view to the proper angle to provide and orthagonal view of the skewed portion.

 

[jrfosterjr]

Paullaup,

One option you could use in Model Space is the VPORTS command to split your screen into 2 or more pieces in different arrangements. You can independently DView each window to have them oriented as you like. This setup is typically used by folks working in 3d, but I occasionally find it useful for situations as you suggest.

Personally, I never change the UCS, but that is primarily due to the type work I do (Civil Engineering) because it causes havoc when making and inserting blocks. DView is much simpler for my use. Jeff Foster, PE
CE Group, Inc.
Apex, NC