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 However, if changes require the viewport to be rendered again, the viewport will be displayed as an out-of-date viewport.

If a layer with an out-of-date viewport is printed, a message prompts you either to print the viewport as an out-of-date viewport or to update the viewport before printing.

Rendered viewport updates occur in the background for Renderworks render modes, and rendered non-section viewport updates occur in the background for Hidden Line and Dashed Hidden Line render modes. You can continue working in the file while the viewports or non-section viewports, respectively, are updating. See Starting a background render of viewports.

Updating selected viewports

To update selected viewports:

Select the viewports.

From the Object Info palette, click Update. Alternatively, select the command, or right-click on the viewport and select Update from the context menu.

Updating all viewports

To update all the viewports in the file:

Select the command.

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:

Select the command.

The updates are canceled.

To cancel the updates of selected viewports:

Select the viewports.

From the Object Info palette, click Cancel Update.

The updates are canceled.

Viewport status

Modifying viewports

Viewport properties