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Options for the viewport appearance and the objects it contains.
View Name: Shows all available views. You can use this list to select another view to fill the viewport.
Layer Name: Shows all drawing layers. You can check all layers you want displayed.
Override Layer Visibility: If this option is on the viewport ignores global layer visibility and uses its own set of visible layers. By default this property is on. But when an DWG/DXF is imported this property is set to "off".
Background: If Transparent is not used, you can set a color for the viewport background.
Scale: Sets the ratio of the viewing scale for the viewport. To set the scale, check the Fixed box and then select or enter the scale. The viewport boundaries do not change, so if the scale increases the view, it may extend past the boundaries.
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Note: If dimensions are included in the viewport, the dimension is associative with the viewport. This means that the dimension is scaled simultaneously with the scaling of the viewport. To make the dimension non-associative, select both the viewport and the dimension and choose Drop link from the local menu.
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