# Custom workspace views?

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/custom-workspace-views/18830>\
**Category:** Rhino for Mac\
**Created:** [April 12, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/custom-workspace-views/18830 "2015-04-12T18:32:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![dwalden](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/dwalden/32/44108_2.png) [@dwalden](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/dwalden)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/custom-workspace-views/18830/1 "2015-04-12T18:32:13Z")

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Is this possible yet? For example, setting up your workspace so that you only see a front view and a perspective view side by side?

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**Author:** ![jeff\_hammond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jeff_hammond/32/768846_2.png) [@jeff\_hammond](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/jeff_hammond)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/custom-workspace-views/18830/2 "2015-04-12T20:56:59Z")

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just whatever you can do with the 4 views.  
(you can drag those around / rearrange them… in case you didn’t already know)

![](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/18769/87318746caca03ae.png)

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**Author:** ![dwalden](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/dwalden/32/44108_2.png) [@dwalden](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/dwalden)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/custom-workspace-views/18830/3 "2015-04-12T23:22:44Z")

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OK so you can’t do things like: 2 viewports right, 1 (tall) viewport left?

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**Author:** ![jeff\_hammond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jeff_hammond/32/768846_2.png) [@jeff\_hammond](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/jeff_hammond)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/custom-workspace-views/18830/4 "2015-04-13T00:39:44Z")

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yep.

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[EDIT]  
…oh… i meant ‘yep’ you **can** do that… i didn’t realize you typed _can’t_

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**Author:** ![dwalden](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/dwalden/32/44108_2.png) [@dwalden](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/dwalden)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/custom-workspace-views/18830/5 "2015-04-13T04:04:47Z")

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Oh ok - cool. I didn’t notice that you could do that.

thanks!  
-d

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**Author:** ![dwalden](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/dwalden/32/44108_2.png) [@dwalden](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/dwalden)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/custom-workspace-views/18830/6 "2015-04-22T19:22:49Z")

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Can you do 1 Viewport under, 2 over? When I move the horizontal divider, the left and right viewport sides move independently. However, when I move a vertical divider, both top and bottom move together. This seems like a bug…

-d

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**Author:** ![Marc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/marc/32/494790_2.png) [@Marc](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Marc)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/custom-workspace-views/18830/7 "2015-04-24T14:04:18Z")

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Look at the Viewport Layout tab on the standard toolbar layout, you’ll find a nice selection of commands to arrange your viewports the way you like:  
 ![](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/19286/a15e1b5d07637e52.png)

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**Author:** ![dwalden](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/dwalden/32/44108_2.png) [@dwalden](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/dwalden)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/custom-workspace-views/18830/8 "2015-04-24T18:09:11Z")

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Is this avail in Rhino for Mac? I don’t see these icons in my Viewport Layout tab.

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**Author:** ![wim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/wim/32/747482_2.png) [@wim](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/wim)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/custom-workspace-views/18830/9 "2015-04-24T18:51:10Z")

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> [@dwalden](#):
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> However, when I move a vertical divider, both top and bottom move together. This seems like a bug…

It’s not the way it behaves in the windows version, so, yes, I would call this a bug.

I cannot find this in the help file for Rhino for Mac but do you have a command called CloseViewport?  
Also, if you have an active viewport, can you set its size in the properties panel? If so, you could change the size of the remaining top viewport, which, in theory, would detach it from the lower viewports. IDK - worth a try…

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**Author:** ![dwalden](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/dwalden/32/44108_2.png) [@dwalden](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/dwalden)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/custom-workspace-views/18830/10 "2015-04-24T19:46:41Z")

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cool thanks!

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**Author:** ![jeff\_hammond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jeff_hammond/32/768846_2.png) [@jeff\_hammond](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/jeff_hammond)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/custom-workspace-views/18830/11 "2015-04-24T21:24:47Z")

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> [@wim](#):
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> behaves in the windows version, so, yes, I would call this a bug.

more of a guess but i think things like viewports are an area that doesn’t port (nicely) from windows to mac.

Mac viewports and much of the UI will be its own thing. point being, I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s a bug since it acts different than windows. it’s just different

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**Author:** ![dan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/dan/32/481637_2.png) [@dan](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/custom-workspace-views/18830/12 "2015-04-28T16:52:10Z")

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> [@wim](#):
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> It’s not the way it behaves in the windows version, so, yes, I would call this a bug.

I would call this a bug too. I’ve logged this ([MR-1938](http://mcneel.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/MR-1938)).