Viewport Problem

Autocad Civil 3D, 2009 as Autocad:

I have a weird one. I have a viewport at 1:500 scale, and I want to create another layout with a viewport of 1:100 (which would zoom in to a part of my plan). I copied my layout to another one and then selected the new layout. I selected the viewport at 1:500 and picked the viewport scale button at the bottom. I selected 1:100 and instead of zooming in, it zoomed waaaay out. Try as I might, I just can't find the answer, although it's probably some dumb little setting somewhere. It is not a drawing that I started. It is a coworker's that I have modified. I was messing around with the viewport scale and 10:1 actually worked to get my 1:100 scale to look right. Even though it looks right and I can use it, it bugs me too much to let it go, so here I am.

Another problem I was having, is as follows: I finally wrapped my head around annotative text and scaling, etc. (I think) and I have the annotative text where I would like it in the layout, but the text line is too wide. I would like the line of text to be more like a paragraph than one line of text. Using grips, I can make it look right in this viewport but when I go back to model space or a layout with another scale it is more or less a vertical string of text. I have figured out how to move the viewport text around without affecting the model space text, but I can't figure out how to change the look of the text without affecting the text in model space.

clear as mud?

As far as the first problem is concerned, I just tried qnew and inserting the drawing I was working on into it. I quickly started a new layout from template and for some reason I can manipulate both viewports successfully with 1:500 and 1:100 and it looks fine. My deduction is that it has something to do with a layout setting.

I'm still stumped as to how to manipulate the annotative text in my 1:100 viewport to not look like a single line of text without messing with the text appearance in model space.....

As far as the first problem is concerned, I just tried qnew and inserting the drawing I was working on into it. I quickly started a new layout from template and for some reason I can manipulate both viewports successfully with 1:500 and 1:100 and it looks fine. My deduction is that it has something to do with a layout setting.

 

I'm still stumped as to how to manipulate the annotative text in my 1:100 viewport to not look like a single line of text without messing with the text appearance in model space.....

post a drawing so we can take a look at it?

The scaling issue you have with the viewport sounds like the units were set metres when you were expecting millimetres

Thanks Michael and Todd, unfortunately it's a government infrastructure drawing and I am not permitted to post it even here. However I looked at the units of the old drawing, following your suggestion Michael, and the units are in metres. Very strange. I'll continue playing around with it and see if I can come up with something.