Question

How can I change the name, or title, or a viewport using the the Rhino SDK? For example, I would like to rename the "Front" viewport to say "Facade".

Answer

To change the title of a viewport, use CRhinoViewport::SetName, or MRhinoViewport::SetName in .NET. A Rhino view contains a "main viewport" that fills the entire view client window. To get a view's main viewport, you can call CRhinoView::MainViewport, or MRhinoView::MainViewport in .NET.

For example:

C++

  CRhinoView* view = RhinoApp().ActiveView();
  if (view)
    view->MainViewport().SetName("Facade");

C#

  MRhinoView view = RhUtil.RhinoApp().ActiveView();
  if (view != null)
    view.MainViewport().SetName("Facade");