Monday, April 7, 2025

How to change Camera and Target on the current view

Using the VIEW command in AutoCAD opens up the View Manager and there are properties like Camera X, Camera Y, Camera Z, Target X, Target Y, Target Z that are greyed out so you can't edit them.

view manager

In BricsCAD these can easily be edited though.

BricsCAD Drawing Explorer Current View

Here is a tips on how to change these coordinates using the DVIEW command I AutoCAD.

Command:
DVIEW
Select objects or <use DVIEWBLOCK>:     <- press Enter here
Enter option
[CAmera/TArget/Distance/POints/PAn/Zoom/TWist/CLip/Hide/Off/Undo]: PO
Specify target point <30000.76, -16728.59, 2587.63>: 0,0,0
Specify camera point <30000.76, -16728.59, 2588.63>: 0,0,1
Enter option
[CAmera/TArget/Distance/POints/PAn/Zoom/TWist/CLip/Hide/Off/Undo]:     <- press Enter here
Regenerating model.

Or using AutoLISP (command "._DVIEW" "" "_PO" "0,0,0" "0,0,1" "")

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