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Have you noticed how grip-editing a viewport is different from grip-editing a rectangle?
When you grip-edit the upper-right corner of a viewport to stretch it, the viewport keeps its rectangular shape. You can freely choose your new corner location, so you’re not just scaling. You can change the proportion between the width and height, all without [...]
While you create your drawing, you may specify named views (View > Named Views) that display areas you’ll want to show in a viewport on a layout (paper space).
When it comes to creating viewports, you can display a named view in a couple of ways. One, of course, is to double-click inside [...]
Since AutoCAD 2008, you can automate the sizing of annotation, such as text and dimensions, in multiple viewports with varying scales. In this tutorial, you practice using this feature, called annotative objects.
The following objects can be annotative, meaning that they can size automatically:
Text (single-line text)
Mtext (multi-line text)
Dimensions
Multileaders (which are new for AutoCAD 2008)
Tolerances (in frames)
Hatches
Blocks
Block [...]
Tiled viewports let you divide up the drawing area into tiles and display different parts of your drawing in each. The great thing about tiled viewports is that you can draw from one viewport to another without missing a beat, making them great for large drawings where you need to alternate between working in detail [...]
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