Align Views

Aligns views on the drawing canvas, views can be aligned horizontally or vertically. The alignment is with respect to the model coordinate system rather than the view frames. Using this function, it is possible, for example, to have Z=0 horizontally aligned to the selected views.

You are prompted to Specify alignment mode <Auto>

Press Enter to select the auto alignment mode.

You are then prompted to Select view

Click to identify the reference view to align other views to.

Note:
The prompt does not display if a view is already selected.

You are then prompted to Select views to align

Note:
Only views with the same scale as the reference view can be selected.

Click to identify the views to align and press Enter.

The views are aligned and the command ends automatically.

Throughout the align views process you can press ESC to cancel the command. Additional functionality is also available.

Example 1: Horizontal alignment. The Z-axes are aligned, Z=0 is on a horizontal line.

It is possible to align a view with different view directions which works well if the views are aligned along a common coordinate axis. The example below displays one view looking down (-Z) and one view looking Y. Both views have the X-axis in a horizontal direction (indicated on the grid ruler). Aligning the views vertically positions the frames (X-coordinate) correctly below each other:

Example 2: Vertical alignment. The X-axes are aligned. For example, the FR160 grid positions are exactly below each other.

Aligning the above views horizontally does not give the obvious coordinate matching since the vertical grid ruler represents different coordinate axes, Y-axis and Z-axis: