Viewport management

[MantaBase]

If this is better in the beginners area, my apologies.

 

Begin:

 

Typically, when I open a new drawing, I make a new layout (Arch E size). That layout typically has a viewport in it that I can resize. I paste in my dynamic title block. Answer some questions. Resize the viewport to fit the title block. Etc...

 

Now, I have a drawing that I have been working on for sometime. I need to make an Arch D layout. For some reason, whenever I create a new layout, the viewport is on the layout and I can not modify (resize it). Nor can I paste in my block.

 

Ideas?

 

I checked a new file just to be sure, and it works like I expected (I can resize the view port and past in a block on the paper layout.

 

I'm stumped. What am I missing?

 

(FYI - my background is GIS, so if I used any wrong terms, please forgive).

 

Manta

[MantaBase]

If this is better in the beginners area, my apologies.

 

Begin:

 

Typically, when I open a new drawing, I make a new layout (Arch E size). That layout typically has a viewport in it that I can resize. I paste in my dynamic title block. Answer some questions. Resize the viewport to fit the title block. Etc...

 

Now, I have a drawing that I have been working on for sometime. I need to make an Arch D layout. For some reason, whenever I create a new layout, the viewport is on the layout and I can not modify (resize it). Nor can I paste in my block.

 

Ideas?

 

I checked a new file just to be sure, and it works like I expected (I can resize the view port and past in a block on the paper layout.

 

I'm stumped. What am I missing?

 

(FYI - my background is GIS, so if I used any wrong terms, please forgive).

 

Manta

 

Dear Manta,

 

You might try making sure that the layer you have active when you create a new layout is actually on.

 

lol - That did the trick.

 

Manta

[Strix]

glad that's all cleared up

 

I was going to ask if your viewport was locked :wink: