AutoCAD Tutorial: How to Rotate View in viewport

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In todays video I go over how to use the dview (dv) command in autocad to rotate (twist) the view in your layouts viewport.
This easy and quick trick can save you a ton of time and keep your drawings consistant and looking great.
If you have any questions at all just ask in the comments below.
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[@ghassandiwan7242]

when i need something in cad i just go to TH-cam and see, but it takes a lot of time to find the exact thing i am looking for, except you i find exactly what i want in very easy way thanks for the perfect solutions

[@nichollewrightaicp7082]

Thank you for the fast and effective tutorial. Much appreciated.

[@architectehasni352]

It is well explained . Thank you from Tunisia. :-)

[@IAMSCIENTISTS]

Quick and easy. Many thanks.

[@olgavoyl]

This command is the only one that worked for me, thanks

[@user-qr5en4ug8d]

Thanks! it helps me a lot! God bless!

[@gintsklavins7822]

thank You. It was very useful. God bless You!

[@lincolnlagasi8773]

how can you rotate the paper space? I have a my layout set up with the long ways horizontal and want to view the drawing with the layout vertical. Working on a tall object on a ledger size layout.

[@muadzzamabdhalim5841]

thanks.. very useful for road construction dwg

[@MrPhreeradical]

Helped a lot, thanks

[@eliskapolcicova9946]

Lifesaver! Thank you!

[@JamesLenane]

Thanks Brandon!

[@kolay_slayt5391]

THANK YOU

[@0malfara0Canadianandroids]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

[@kwasiosei1644]

Hi Brandon, thanks for this great video. please could you also assist in how to generate a DTM in Autocad, as shown at the later part of this video. thanks.

[@9071040]

GREAT TIP THANKS

[@dtbala]

thanks for the info. works fine but except if i have multiple viewports in a sheet and if i rotate the drawing in one viewport it afffects the other viewports also eve if it is locked. do u have a solution for this

[@gulshadansari]

Thank you very much

[@fabolivarl]

Thanks, it is usefull

[@lovrokozar5927]

thanks a lot, this really helped me, this vas very fast, effective and simple to understand

[@Cadintentions]

Thanks for watching! Glad I could help

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[@Ayaankingvlogs2059]

Thank you so much sir

[@dimsbrossful]

thanks bro...

[@lourdesgabrielabalderramao5766]

Thanks for sharing! I'm suscribing now :) Another way would be to find the angle you need to rotate your drawing (for me it measured 19° so I chose the outer angle which was 341°), rotated my viewport directly on layout using that angle, (the VP polyline is not restricted so you can edit it to match the rest of your drawing if you are a little obsessive like me :-) ) and then rotated my north sign with the same angle and voilá ;) my drawing in model is undisturbed and my layout is just like I needed it to be.

[@MambaMtb]

thanks for the video. when i use option 2, when modifying the drawing in paper space it appears the entire page is rotated making it somewhat difficult to make changes to your drawing in paper space. i can easily go to model space to make changes but there are times i prefer to make changes in paper space. any help with this? thank u

[@user-nx2uy9jj7g]

This was about the simplest explanation I have had. Everything else was so complex and unnecessary, it drove me nuts.

[@dmm3124]

Will this also adjust the text?

[@juanaugusto8206]

Excellent, just what a needed

[@Cadintentions]

Awesome, thanks for watching!

[@frankvandervelden1925]

thank you for this video

[@Cadintentions]

glad it helped, thanks for watching!

[@andrewjordan4480]

thanks, this helped in civil 3d 2010 for me.

[@Cadintentions]

You're welcome, glad it could help with civil 3d for you! Thanks for watching!

[@refiklita1818]

Thank You, Sir

[@Cadintentions]

Not a problem, glad the video helped!

[@tadthurston3192]

I don't see the list of choices where it asks for what you want to select after the DV command. Currently using Autocad Civil 3D 2017. I can type in "all" as you show but I would like to see the list of choices as well, as it shows in your program.

[@TangTuyetMinh]

I used "alignspace" command for this.

[@mikemoren532]

Thanks for this! Much better than Autodesk's knowledge base instructions, which instructed one to use VPROTATEASSOC command, which did not work for me.

[@Cadintentions]

No worries! Thanks for watching and the comment

[@ihaseebmirza]

Thank you!

[@Cadintentions]

Thank you for watching!

[@niceupyourareaaa]

Dview command is not available on AutoCAD 2019 Light

[@khoirilamir4173]

thanks

[@Cadintentions]

you're welcome, thanks for watching!

[@KJKP]

Ah... one note I figured out by experimentation. The angle entered is the absolute angle, not an adjustment. So, if you have a drawing already at 90 degrees, and you enter 90, it appears nothing happened. If you want the image to match what is in model space, enter 0 (zero) when prompted for a twist angle.

[@ronberrype]

Yeah, but how to you align it such that an object, such as a house wall, is aligned straight up and down?

[@lizard7709]

Ron, you can measure the angle between your wall and a horizontal line in the model space. Then when you get to the twist command in the tutorial you can enter the angle.

[@maxryprime4037]

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[@StephanthePelted]

Is this a third party software? there is no command under shortcut DV on my end..

[@Eldoradosash]

how to rotate one object that all other objects would stay at the same place?

[@KJKP]

Only select the object you want to rotate.

[@mansoormian95]

Thank you very Much.MAY GOD give you more knowledge

[@harpergrace2510]

Easier way is to rotate the north arrow associated to your viewport🤷🏻‍♀️ The image in your viewport will automatically follow the north arrow orientation.