HOW TO USE 3D GOTO VIEWS

If you are not already using GotoViews you are missing out on unarguably one of THE best features of DataCad! The tedious method to switch from the First Floor plan of a house to the Second Floor plan would be to go to the Layers menu and turn on each layer that makes up the Second Floor plan, then turning off each layer that makes up the First floor. If each floor has, say, 10 layers, that's a lot of work. Especially if all you wanted to do was take a quick look at something on the Second Floor, then go back to the First Floor to continue your work. The EASY way to do this it to use GoToView to save a series of "views" determined by you.
 

3D GotoView Properties:

1. 3D GotoViews work on 2D as well as 3D views. This is an important thing to remember! 3D GotoViews can and should be used on your 2D drafting plans and all your other 2D work.
2. 3D GotoViews are unlimitted. You can have as many as you want.
3. 3D GotoViews do not have to be in a "real" scale -- you can save any view at any time in any scale.
4. 3D GotoViews save your Clip Cube information. If Clip Cube is turned ON when you save your 3D GotoView, the Clip Cube will automatically be turned on when you toggle your 3D GotoView ON.

1. Turn on the layers you want to save, and WindowIn or out to the view you want to keep.
2. Go to the 2D Utility menu and click on GotoView.
3. Click on AddView. You will be prompted to enter a name for your view. Enter up to 8 characters (do not use an underscore "_" in the name), then hit Enter.

1. Go to the 2D Utility menu and click on GotoView.
2. Click on one of your saved views in the menu. Your view will appear, with all the layers and any clip cubes you saved.
3. OR: You can access your views via the Shift+# keys.