So if you want to match the rotation of objects that are in different spaces, use ALIGNSPACE. I probably use the MVSETUP command differently than you, I use it as a way to set my UNITS, and LIMITS in Model Space if a drawing doesn’t already have them set.Įach tool has its strengths. MVSETUP has many sub-options and also has different options depending on whether you use the command while in Model Space or Paper Space. The Align option in the MVSETUP command allows you to align a view in two different viewports by activating one viewport at a time and picking a point. That functionality is better handles by using the “Align” option of MVSETUP. This tool does not do a good job of simply panning a view over to match a point defined. It is also better to use this tool when you want to rotate a view to be aligned to the other object. ALIGNSPACE has a single purpose of aligning objects that are in different “spaces.” Meaning, one object is in Model Space and the other is in Paper Space. Note: The order in which you define the 2 points within the viewport and the order of the 2 points in paper space will be aligned accordingly.īoth the commands MVSETUP and ALIGNSPACE are Express Tools.
Activate the viewport in which the view is to be rotated.Make sure that you have a reference line in both model space and paper space.Hopefully these setting adjustments will help you save time and increase efficiency while working in Civil 3D.Rotating a view within a viewport can be quite involved when using the DVIEW command as was shown in this post: īut as a guest named Nick pointed out, the ALIGNSPACE command from the Express Tools is a quick way in which rotating the view within a viewport to match that of a line in Paper Space is easy as using the ALIGN command. Setting 3 will distribute the processing of both the drawing Regeneration and Redraw operations across two processors. Setting 2 will distribute the processing of the Redraw operations across two processors.ĭ. Setting 1 will distribute the processing of the drawing Regeneration across two processors.Ĭ. Setting 0 is the default and uses only a single processor.ī. Here are the setting options:Ĥ) Type WHIPTHREAD into the command line to initiate the command.Ī. WHIPTHREAD controls how processing is distributed for operations ZOOM, Redraw and Regen. You must be using a multiprocessor machine in order to take advantage of this setting. However, this command will not have any effect on a single processor machine. Only display items that have changed will regenerate for all tabsĪnother command used to increase performance is WHIPTHREAD. The bottom option which reads Cache model tab and all layouts will cache the modelt ab and all layout tabs (this is value 2 when typing the command LAYOUTREGENCTL).
Only display items that have been changed will regenerate for these tabs.Ĭ. The middle option which reads Cache model tab and last layout will cache just the model tab and the last layout tab made current (this is value 1 when typing the command LAYOUTREGENCTL). The top option which reads Regen when switching layouts is the default setting and will result in all tabs being completely regenerated each time tabs are switched (this is value 0 when typing the command LAYOUTREGENCTL).ī.
Type options in the command prompt to bring up the Options dialog box.Ī. This command setting allows a user to scale back the regeneration process to only include those display items which were modified since each tab was last made current.Ģ) This same command can be found in the System tab within the Options dialog box under Layout Regen Options. By default each tab is set to completely regenerate each time a switch is made to make a tab current. Here is a tip to help speed up regeneration when switching between tabs:ġ) The LAYOUTREGENCTL command can improve performance by controlling how the display list is updated in the Model and Layout tabs. One major slow-down in performance can be regeneration time when switching between Layout and Model tabs. Any increase in performance of handling and displaying this data is a welcome sight. Civil 3D drawings can often times become quite large and data intensive.