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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

• Use the left mouse button to drag a new dow and drag a marquee, the floor plan
marquee within the Aerial View side view zooms in on that area.
window. The view updates to match. • The display of objects in Aerial View is
• Use the right mouse button to move controlled by the default layer set for
the existing marquee within the Aerial Aerial Views. Since the purpose of Aerial
View window. The focus of the view View is to enhance navigation in plan
window updates to match. view, you may want to turn off layers that
clutter and slow it down. See “Layer Set
• No matter what tool is active, when you Defaults” on page 188.
move the pointer to the Aerial View win-

Closing Views and Files

If a view is still needed, you can swap to a • Select File> Close All Views to close all
different view without closing it. If, however, currently open view windows instead of
a view is no longer needed, it can be closed. just the active window.
There are several ways to close a view If a plan has only one view window open and
window:
you try to close it, the program will prompt
• Select File> Close to close the active win- you to save before closing if there are any
dow. unsaved changes. Edited cross section/
• Press Ctrl + W or Ctrl + F4 on the elevation and saved plan views also prompt
keyboard to close the active window. you to save before closing. See “Saving,
Exporting, and Backing Up Files” on page
• Click the Close button in the active 57 and “Saved Views” on page 154.
view’s title bar or in any view’s tab.
• A tabbed view can be closed by clicking
on its tab using the middle mouse button. Although the program warns you if you
try to exit without saving, you should get
• Right-click on a Camera, Cross Section, in the habit of saving plan files before exiting.
or Plan View in the Project Browser and
select Close View from the contextual Even if all view windows are closed, the
menu. program can still be open. See “Exiting Chief
Architect” on page 73.
• Select File> Close All 3D Views to
close all currently open camera view win-
dows instead of just the active window.

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