Viewports

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You can view models through one, two, or four viewports.
To open four viewports:

• Click Four View   (Standard Views toolbar) or Window > Viewport > Four View.

Viewports

You can choose the following viewport arrangements from the Window menu or the Standard Views toolbar:

Tooltip	Views Displayed
Single View	User-specified
Two View - Horizontal	Front and Top
Two View - Vertical	Front and Right
Four View	Front, Right, Top, and Trimetric (Third Angle), or Front, Left, Top, and Trimetric (First Angle). Specify First Angle or Third Angle in Tools > Options > System Options > Display .

The lower left corner of each viewport displays the current orientation.

To choose a different orientation, click the View Orientation   (Heads-up View toolbar).

When you switch from multiple viewports back to a single viewport, the model displays the orientation of the active viewport. If you then switch back to multiple viewports, the orientations are the defaults again.

You can change the orientation or rotation of a model in any viewport independently as long as the viewports are not linked.