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f700es
18th Jun 2003, 08:37 pm
Ok, I used to know the system varible for this but I cannot remember it. I have 4 viewports on the layout and I hide 3 of them but when I switch to model space and then back to paper my viewports are no longer hidden. Anyone remember what the varible is?? TIA.

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CADTutor
18th Jun 2003, 11:53 pm
I'm not sure exactly what you mean when you say that the "viewports are hidden". Do you mean the frames, the content, hideplot etc. :?:
Flores
19th Jun 2003, 02:25 pm
Are you talking about the "hideplot" option you get when using mview or right-clicking a single vport?

Flores
f700es
19th Jun 2003, 02:36 pm
Well, it's like this... I have a 4 viewports in layout tab 1 and in 3 of them I have double-clicked in the viewport and give it a hide command. So I have each of my viewports set up like I want. Well I click back into model sapce and when I return to paperspace the views are no longer hidden. Now I can do this in 2000i but there was a system varible I had to set. Well this is in 2004 and I can't remember or find what varible it was. Any ideas??

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Mr T
23rd Jun 2003, 01:40 pm
Why don't you turn off the layer that the viewport is on ?

Nick
f700es
23rd Jun 2003, 02:42 pm
Why don't you turn off the layer that the viewport is on ?

Nick

No, not hidden layers, hidden 3d objects. Sorry, I guess I did leave that part off but hidden 3d objects. I envoke a hidden command in the viewport (3 of them has a matter of fact and a shade in the other) and if I jump back to model space the hidden commands are gone in the viewports when I come back to the layout tab. Now, in 2000i it does not do this but in 2004 it does.

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Mr T
23rd Jun 2003, 10:46 pm
Still confused but -

Could you freeze in current viewport ?

Nick
hyposmurf
23rd Jun 2003, 10:59 pm
I know Mr T already suggested this but why not,have the objects you want hidden on a particular layer and use the system variable VPLAYER to freeze that layer in the viewports you want?
CADTutor
24th Jun 2003, 09:02 am
I think F7 means that using the Hide shade option (hidden lines removed) is not permanent in viewports and that it switches back to wireline after a trip to model space.
hyposmurf
24th Jun 2003, 09:51 am
Yeh I'm not too hot on 3D yet,but are you talking about the hidden lines property?I found this insert :
RemoveHiddenLines property. This property is now obsolete, and will be removed in a future version of AutoCAD. Use the ShadePlot property instead.
From this website
http://www.jtbworld.com/?/autocad2004.htm
Would this be why,as the command has been removed?
CADTutor
24th Jun 2003, 10:26 am
Ah, yes of course - because in 2004 it's now possible to plot shaded viewports and that was never possible before so presumably the SHADEPLOT setting replaces the old HIDEPLOT setting in pre 2004 versions. :roll:
f700es
24th Jun 2003, 01:05 pm
Ah, yes of course - because in 2004 it's now possible to plot shaded viewports and that was never possible before so presumably the SHADEPLOT setting replaces the old HIDEPLOT setting in pre 2004 versions. :roll:
That must be it (hits self in head - doh!). Sorry guys, I guess I couldn't see the forest for the trees. :oops:
Thanks anyway to all who tried to answer my problem.

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