Updating Viewports

Changes that affect the appearance of a viewport are automatically updated for a wireframe viewport. However, if changes require the viewport to be rendered again, the viewport will be displayed as an out-of-date viewport.

If a sheet layer with an out-of-date viewport is printed, a message prompts you to either print the viewport as an out-of-date viewport or update the viewport on the sheet layer before printing.

Rendered viewport updates occur in the background for Renderworks render modes; you can continue working in the file while the viewports are updating. See Background Rendering.

Updating Selected Viewports

To update selected viewports:

  1. Select the viewports.

  2. From the Object Info palette, click Update. Alternatively, select View > Update Selected Viewports.

  3. Alternatively, right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac) on the viewport and select Update from the context menu.

  4. The selected viewports are updated.

Updating All Viewports

To update all the viewports in the file:

  1. Select View > Update All Viewports.

  2. All viewports on all sheet layers are updated.

Canceling Viewport Updates

To cancel the updates of all viewports, including those queued to update for background rendering:

  1. Select View > Cancel All Viewport Updates.

  2. The updates are canceled.

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Viewport Status

Modifying Viewports

Viewport Properties

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