Buro Klein Gebbinck - BKG

BKG_Viewport

Version 20120321 Beta (freeware).
Works on Bricscad V11.4 and V12.1 for Windows.
May work on other Bricscad V11-V12 for Windows versions.
By downloading the zip file you agree to the End-user license agreement for free software (freeware).

Download link: BKG_Viewport.zip (< 30kB)

BKG_Viewport contains commands to manipulate paper space viewports. There are commands to align, rotate and scale the view and commands to change the viewport visibility of layers. The BKG_Viewport toolbar is only available if you use the partial cui file.

Available commands

BKG_ViewportAlign or Bvpa
Aligns the view in a paper space viewport.

BKG_ViewportRotate or Bvpr
Rotates the view in a paper space viewport.

BKG_ViewportScale or Bvps
Scales the view in a paper space viewport.
If you change the scale of a viewport with the Properties Bar, the viewport center is used as the base point. Very often you then have to pan the view to get the result you want. With BKG_ViewportScale that is not necessary because you determine the base point for the scaling operation.
You can enter the scale using several formats:
1:16 or 1/16 or 1=16 or 3/4"=1'-0" or 0.0625

BKG_ViewportLayer or Bvpl
Changes the viewport visibility of a layer.
It is possible to viewport freeze a layer in new viewports, but how about viewport freezing a new layer in existing viewports? With BKG_ViewportLayer you are finally able to do this!

BKG_ViewportMatch or Bvpm
Copies the viewport visibility of layers.
Using BKG_ViewportMatch you can copy the layer settings from one viewport to other viewports. As with the BKG_ViewportLayer command you can specify the selection criteria in a dialog.

What is new

Version 20120321:

Improved: BKG_ViewportScale now accepts spaces in the scale input.
Improved: If the "VP visible" option is selected in the BKG_ViewportLayer dialog, the layer is also switched on and thawed in model space. This is compatible with the new Bricscad layerstate behaviour (since V12.1.19).
Changed: Multiple internal changes.

Version 20120105:

Added: New commands: BKG_ViewportLayer and BKG_ViewportMatch.

Installing the program using the cui file

Unpack all files from the zip file in a single folder, which does not have to be in the search path, and follow the instructions you can find here.

Installing the program without the cui file

Unpack BKG_Viewport.des from the zip file in a folder in the search path and follow the instructions you can find here.

To load the program automatically add one of these code segments to on_doc_load.lsp:

(load "BKG_Viewport")

(autoload
  "BKG_Viewport"
  '(
    "Bvpa" "BKG_ViewportAlign"
    "Bvpr" "BKG_ViewportRotate"
    "Bvps" "BKG_ViewportScale"
    "Bvpl" "BKG_ViewportLayer"
    "Bvpm" "BKG_ViewportMatch"
  )
)