zoom extents?

[criehle]

When I zoom to extent of the drawing it zooms all the out to where I can't even see my drawing. I don't know if I have a line way out in the middle of nowhere or if there is something else I did. I can't find anything to delete and I tried "purge".

Is this a common problem with an an easy fix or things to try?

[lpseifert]

While in the Model Tab try
Erase > All > Remove > [select what you want to keep]

[wannabe]

Any layers turned off?

[skipsophrenic]

When you've zoomed to extents press CNTRL + A an does it select anything in the "blank" area of your drawing?

[Tallguy]

I have the same problem as criehle, zoom extents goes so wide the drawing is invisible.
HOWEVER, it also does the same with ZOOM OBJECT, i.e. I select an object, Z O, and end up a thousand miles away in an odd location. It's different for each object I try this with.
I had a FATAL ERROR and recovered the DWG, it's been bad since then.

I tried PURGE, AUDIT and select all>delete (with layers frozen), got rid of a bad block record and other useless stuff, but there's clearly something wrong.

Any thoughts, or do I need to create a new DWG and query everything in one layer at a time to find the problem?

Map 3D 2008

Cheers guys 'n' gals...

[ReMark]

WBlock out the parts of the drawing you want to keep. Start a new drawing and insert what you previously WBlocked out. What happens now?

[dbroada]

a "quick fix" might be to WBLOCK your visible entites. See if the WBLOCK file is more stable.

I hate phones, I would have beaten Mark had I posted first then answered the phone.

however, you don't need to insert the WBLOCK, just open it!

[CADTutor]

This is usually the result of a drawing object being flung way out in space. How can this happen? Well, usually it happens during the move command when the user innadvertently hits <enter> rather than picking for the second point. It's a nice little quirk that has been around since for ever.

The trick is to find the offending object (or objects). Sometimes it's obvious but often it's not. First, make sure all layers are turned on and unlocked. Then start the ERASE command and select ALL. Then use implied windowing to remove the objects you want to keepfrom the selection. Complete the erase and then Zoom Extents again to check all is well.

[Tallguy]

Thanks guys, but surely this wouldn't make ZOOM OBJECT do the stupid things it's doing, as any offending object is not in the selection set when I do Z O?

ZOOM OBJECT should literally zoom to the one (or several) object(s) selected, not a seemingly-random thousand mile empty piece of space, different depending which object I select? It's odd to say the least. And I've started a new DWG querying in old layers to see what I can do, as I'm running out of time for my task today.

Could this have anything to do with SHP data I'm displaying, even though the display manager layers are switched off?

[dbroada]

I have never used Z O so that's today's new thing.

Have you tried the suggestions? It sounds like a corrupt drawing to me so I wouldn't be surprised that it zooms off to some random point.