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Tiling Views
As an alternative to tabbed views, can see the results of changes in floor plan
windows can instead be tiled. view in 3D or vice versa. It can also be useful
Tiling allows you to display multiple views for copying objects from one plan to another.
in a single Chief Architect window so you

Floor plan view and a camera view Tiled Vertically

There are several ways to create tiled views: • To activate a view, click on its title bar or
• Click and drag a view window’s title bar anywhere in the view window. Note that
or tab into the part of the drawing area any changes you make in the active win-
that you would like it to be. When a high- dow are reflected in other views as well.
lighted space is created, release the • To end window tiling, select Window>
mouse button. Tab Windows. You can also end tiling by
double-clicking on the title bar of the pro-
• Select Window> Tile Horizontally gram window.
to display views in a horizontal orienta-
tion, one above the other. Multiple Program Windows

• Select Window> Tile Vertically o r To create a second program window, click
press Shift + F6 on the keyboard to dis- and drag the title bar or tab of a view window
play views in a vertical, side by side, ori- completely out of the current program
entation. window: for example, onto a second monitor.

Views are tiled left to right or top to bottom A second Chief Architect program window
in the order in which they were last active: will be created with its own menu and
the most recent view is on the left or at the toolbars.
top, while least recent is on the right or on Although the two windows are separate, they
the bottom. nevertheless constitute a single launch of the

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