Tipster Danny Korem sends us a tip about creating named views in model space from a viewport in paper space in AutoCAD.

"You can create a model space named view by using an existing viewport within a layout and restoring it. Here's how: After a specific display (a specific scale and position) is achieved within a standard rectangular viewport while in paper space, draw a rectangle exactly at the viewport's opposite corners. Using the Change Space option, move that rectangle from paper space to model space (provided this is a singular viewport; otherwise, you must select a specific one). Go to the Model tab, and after aligning the UCS by the Plan command (using the Object option), define a named view by pointing to the opposite corners of the transferred rectangle.

"While in the layout, double-click within the original viewport (to ensure you are in model space) and restore the named view just created from a list of named views."
 
Notes from Cadalyst Tip Patrol: Creating named views in AutoCAD can help you in many ways. They allow you to recreate specific views with a few clicks, they can be used for navigation in a file, and they can help to create new viewport locations. If you need to detail the same view in different viewports, then creating a named view is one way to help out. Once created, any viewport can be set to display that named view. If the view is rotated in the viewport, you can reuse that saved view to generate the same rotation in another viewport.