Hiding objects in viewport

**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.

F7

**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

Originally Posted by Mr T

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?

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