caseyanne Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Good Afternoon. I am having trouble plotting from a layout. I think I am following the proper procedure, but it was also plotting the viewport border. I did some searching around and the most popular answer was to freeze the viewport layer. Well, I don't seem to have one in my Layer properties manager. Any ideas as to what I am doing wrong? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainlines Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 There isn't a viewport layer automatically. Best thing to do is create a new layer, name it 'viewports' then create your viewports on this layer. When plotting either freeze the layer or set it to not print Hope that makes sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyanne Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 Thank ya kindly! That did the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod684 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Old school trick is put that viewport layer in DEFPOINTS layer which is automatically set not to print. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Tillman Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Old school trick is put that viewport layer in DEFPOINTS layer which is automatically set not to print. Don't have the article with me but it named about 3 or 4 good reasons NOT to place viewports in the DEFPOINTS layer. The best practice would be to create a new layer, set it to non-printing and place all your viewports in there. You can name this layer anything you want but most of us usually create a VIEWPORTS layer and use it strictly for viewports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod684 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Don't have the article with me but it named about 3 or 4 good reasons NOT to place viewports in the DEFPOINTS layer. The best practice would be to create a new layer, set it to non-printing and place all your viewports in there. You can name this layer anything you want but most of us usually create a VIEWPORTS layer and use it strictly for viewports. yes Bill, i know...that is why i said its an "Old school" basic trick. Post #2 already suggested the correct way. Old school is just an alternative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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