Tying view windows together

The Tie/untie view camera tool is found in the Camera group of the View ribbon. Its drop-down list provides the following options:

• Tie a view window to one or more others, listed.
• Tie all view windows together.
• Tile and tie view windows so they can be viewed side-by-side.
• Untie currently tied view windows (only available if there are tied view windows).

Drop-down list, no view windows tied (left). Drop-down list, three window windows tied (right).

Note:  To view tied and tiled objects successfully, the objects will ideally be from the same location.

To tie view windows together, do the following:

1. Open at least two view windows.

2. Select a view that is to be tied.

3. From the Tie/untie view camera drop-down list, select a view to tie to the current view.

4. Repeat step 3 to tie additional views.

No view windows tied (left). Five groups of two view windows tied together (right).

Tip:  To tie all view windows together, select Tie All Views from the drop-down menu, instead of individual view windows.

View windows can be tiled and individually manipulated. Only tied view windows can be manipulated simultaneously. With tiling, you have the following options:

• To tile view windows without tying, go to the Workbench ribbon and click Tile from the Tile group. All docked windows, including the Start Page window will be tiled within the workspace.

• To tile and tie all docked view windows, use one of the following methods:

  • Click Tie/untie view camera on the View ribbon.

  • Select Tile and Tie from the Tie/untie view camera drop-down menu.

  • On the Workbench ribbon and click Tile and Tie from the Tile group, or

  • Press Ctrl+B.

  All view windows will be tied, and docked windows will be strategically reorganised within the workspace, to be viewed and manipulated simultaneously. The Start Page window will be concealed.

Note:  Tiling does not work on undocked view windows.

Ten view windows tiled into one workspace on one monitor.