samifox Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 hi, putting viewports in defpoint, when designing the paperspace i always set the color of the defpoint to the color of the background and make the viewport bounderies seen invisable. can it be done by a lisp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 There is no good reason for putting paper space viewports on the Defpoints layer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 We just use a layer called vports but it is set to "no plot" unless we want boxes in which case will use a different layer. Again no reason to use defpoints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkmcswain Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 .....to the color of the background and make the viewport bounderies seen invisable. can it be done by a lisp? To answer that question, you can get the background color and modify layer colors via lisp, so yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samifox Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 I mean autolisp not vlisp Sent from my SM-N900 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombu Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 We just use a layer called vports but it is set to "no plot" unless we want boxes in which case will use a different layer. Again no reason to use defpoints. And turning "vports" layer off makes it both invisible and unselectable as well unlike changing the layer color. AutoCAD is designed to use Defpoints layer for Dimensioning. With an infinite number of layer names you can use please just leave that layer alone. Don't draw on layer 0 unless you're creating a block either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkmcswain Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 I mean autolisp not vlisp Well, I didn't mention vlisp (I said ...VIA lisp). But now that you mention is, it does take visual lisp functions, although I don't see what difference that makes unless your using a 20+ year old version of AutoCAD or your using an AutoCAD clone that does not support these functions. Now that I think of it, maybe AutoCAD for Mac doesn't either.... ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samifox Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 no. its only for my knowladge:P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombu Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Sorry for ranting earlier, here's a few links about using the Defpoints layer for viewports: Issues With Using DEFPOINTS for Viewports https://autocadtips1.com/2014/09/05/issues-with-using-defpoints-for-viewports/ What is AutoCAD Defpoints Layer for? http://www.cad-notes.com/defpoints-layer/ Two Reasons NOT to Use the Defpoints Layer http://land8.com/profiles/blogs/autocad-tip-do-not-use-the-defpoints-layer Google search returns almost as many links for those who did it and cannot understand what's wrong with their drawings problem with defpoints layer http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?35996-problem-with-defpoints-layer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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