Pan in two MS viewports at the same time

just wondering....

i do a lot of projections when doing elevations / sections

and what i do is have the 2 viewports in model space in which the top vport shows the plan while the bottom shows the elevation / section am doing. Then using xlines, I project what is on the plan to my drawing below

.

now, is it possible to pan in one viewport and the other viewport follows too? can it be done thru lisp or some other tool?

Pst. I removed the dots in your title - if this thread goes over two pages, dots in the title can make it non-accessible. On second thought, I renamed the tread

Good question though, I will move this to the lisp-forum and hope you get a good answer (that I can use too!)

Something like this?

;;; Pan in All Viewports (28-XI-2012)
(defun c:PAV( / oldCVPort oldCmdEcho listVPorts pointBase pointMove )
(setq listVPorts (mapcar 'car (vports))
      oldCmdEcho (getvar "CMDECHO")
      oldCVPort  (getvar "CVPORT"))

(setvar "CMDECHO" 0)
(if (and (setq pointBase (getpoint           "\nBase point: "))
         (setq pointMove (getpoint pointBase "\nNew point: ")))
 (foreach itemVPort listVPorts
  (setvar "CVPORT" itemVPort)
  (command "_PAN" pointBase pointMove)
 )
)

(setvar "CVPORT"  oldCVPort)
(setvar "CMDECHO" oldCmdEcho)
(princ)
)

Thanks a lot Mircea! working as i want it to be...

this will be useful. thanks again

Thanks Tiger! sorry for the dots. don't know about that.

its just am not sure if my question is possible

thanks again.

no worries Nod, it's just a bug, nothing that is widely known.

Glad to hear that you found that useful, nod684! You're entirely welcome!

thank you

please anyone could help on this issue

New point: int of ; error: AutoCAD variable setting rejected: "CVPORT" 1

;;; Pan in All Viewports (28-XI-2012)
(defun c:PAV( / oldCVPort oldCmdEcho listVPorts pointBase pointMove )
(setq listVPorts (mapcar 'car (vports))
      oldCmdEcho (getvar "CMDECHO")
      oldCVPort  (getvar "CVPORT"))

(setvar "CMDECHO" 0)
(if (and (setq pointBase (getpoint           "\nBase point: "))
         (setq pointMove (getpoint pointBase "\nNew point: ")))
 (foreach itemVPort listVPorts
  (setvar "CVPORT" itemVPort)
  (command "_PAN" pointBase pointMove)
 )
)

(setvar "CVPORT"  oldCVPort)
(setvar "CMDECHO" oldCmdEcho)
(princ)
)

please anyone could help on this issue

 

 

New point: int of ; error: AutoCAD variable setting rejected: "CVPORT" 1

 

;;; Pan in All Viewports (28-XI-2012)
(defun c:PAV( / oldCVPort oldCmdEcho listVPorts pointBase pointMove )
(setq listVPorts (mapcar 'car (vports))
      oldCmdEcho (getvar "CMDECHO")
      oldCVPort  (getvar "CVPORT"))

(setvar "CMDECHO" 0)
(if (and (setq pointBase (getpoint           "\nBase point: "))
         (setq pointMove (getpoint pointBase "\nNew point: ")))
 (foreach itemVPort listVPorts
  (setvar "CVPORT" itemVPort)
  (command "_PAN" pointBase pointMove)
 )
)

(setvar "CVPORT"  oldCVPort)
(setvar "CMDECHO" oldCmdEcho)
(princ)
)

 

kindly observe proper posting of codes...

must be inside quotes.

anyway, i did not get this error. still using it till now.

Im using AutoCAD 2014

Yathishkumar, please pay attention that this tool is intended to be used for navigation in Model Space as per Nod684's request. Based on the error you received it appears that you attempted to use it in Paper Space.

Please read the Code Posting Guidelines. I fixed for you this time.

Hi Msasu

i am using in paperspace viewports

first i click inside of one viewport and second viewport

then i type command pav

thanx

The tool was requested for Model Space viewports, so doesn't work in Paper Space. Sorry!

MSasu,

How can I modify the code so that it will only pan the viewports in the current layout tab instead of trying to pan in all of the viewports in the whole drawing?

Hopefully this should fix it to be working as expected in all MS/PS situations...

;;; Pan in All Viewports (28-XI-2012)
(defun c:PAV ( / oldCVPort oldCmdEcho listVPorts pointBase pointMove )

(if (and (eq (getvar 'tilemode) 0)
         (eq (getvar 'cvport) 1))
 (command "_.MSPACE")
)

(setq listVPorts (mapcar 'car (vports))
      oldCmdEcho (getvar "CMDECHO")
      oldCVPort  (getvar "CVPORT"))

(setvar "CMDECHO" 0)
(if (and (setq pointBase (getpoint           "\nBase point: "))
         (setq pointMove (getpoint pointBase "\nNew point: ")))
 (foreach itemVPort (vl-remove 1 listVPorts)
  (setvar "CVPORT" itemVPort)
  (command "_PAN" pointBase pointMove)
 )
)

(setvar "CVPORT"  oldCVPort)
(setvar "CMDECHO" oldCmdEcho)
(princ)
)

New point: ; error: AutoCAD variable setting rejected: "CVPORT" 2/6/1

same error like cvport 1/2/6 for defendant layouts.

may be system variable.

but it's good tool.

thanks

yathishkumar

Thanks for the code Marko. It's alot closer to what I'm looking for but when I run it, the viewport that gets activated pans correctly. My other viewport however not so much. I know the reason is that my UCS is rotated in one of the viewports. Is there any way to take this into account? Right now to pan both viewports, I draw a line in paperspace, copy it so there's an identical line on top of both vports, then chspace the line into each vport and then use -pan command end select the end points of the line so the view pans the direction and distance equally.

Hopefully this should fix it to be working as expected in all MS/PS situations...

 

;;; Pan in All Viewports (28-XI-2012)
(defun c:PAV ( / oldCVPort oldCmdEcho listVPorts pointBase pointMove )

(if (and (eq (getvar 'tilemode) 0)
         (eq (getvar 'cvport) 1))
 (command "_.MSPACE")
)

(setq listVPorts (mapcar 'car (vports))
      oldCmdEcho (getvar "CMDECHO")
      oldCVPort  (getvar "CVPORT"))

(setvar "CMDECHO" 0)
(if (and (setq pointBase (getpoint           "\nBase point: "))
         (setq pointMove (getpoint pointBase "\nNew point: ")))
 (foreach itemVPort (vl-remove 1 listVPorts)
  (setvar "CVPORT" itemVPort)
  (command "_PAN" pointBase pointMove)
 )
)

(setvar "CVPORT"  oldCVPort)
(setvar "CMDECHO" oldCmdEcho)
(princ)
)

Hello Guys, this is two years old, but a very useful thread! Thank you very much to all who contributed. I'd like to ask if the lisp could also correct same zoom between two MS viewports while it pans with the PAV?

Cheers!