Viewport Setting

[beernuts]

Hi everyone, first time posting here.

 

I'm using AutoCAD 2011 and here is the situtation. I create a viewport. I zoom in to the scale I want to use. Once setup i click out into paperspace all is good. However if i do not lock the viewport, the moment i click back on it, the viewport automaticly zooms extents and screws up what i was trying to show . Is there a setting somewhere that should be set from 1 to 0 or a box not checked off that i'm missing?

 

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[ReMark]

Why aren't you locking the viewport display once it is setup?

[CyberAngel]

Welcome to the forum!

 

It's a good idea to lock the viewport once you have it the way you want it, as ReMark suggests. It's also a good idea to check the UCSFOLLOW variable.

[beernuts]

I agree, locking them is a good idea and I do so relgiously. However I work for a company that the techicians don't all do it consistently enough, and it makes making minor adjustments to viewport with a 'pan' command impossible. This automatic extent scaling is an issue i've noticed only lately that i didn't have to deal with before. Before this issue if the viewport wasn't locked it was no big deal so long as i didn't zoom in or out. It kept the viewport scale without problem. This also allowed someone to adjust a viewport with the 'pan' command without moving the viewport boundry in paperspace, which for me has been great as I clip my viewports excessively.

 

CyberAngel, I tried the UCSFOLLOW variable with no effect. Thanks though.

[rkent]

beernuts, The viewport has to be active before calling that command.

[beernuts]

Ah, now it worked. Thanks! Question is, is there a global setting that will fix all current viewports?

 

Nevermind. Once the variable is set from 1 to 0 all Future viewport will not have that problem. I'll just have to adjust the existing viewports to match. Thanks folks for all the help!

[ReMark]

There are lisp routines that will lock/unlock all viewports in a drawing.