mvrcad Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Hi All I have just installed 2012 and have drawn a 3d model. In paperspace i have a couple of viewports , all nicely set out at 1:5 scale. then i click in another viewport and bam, all the other viewports change scale (zoom out) and orientation. is there some system variable that i have overlooked? Cheers Marcus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvrcad Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 news just in. the file has been -purged (previous drafter was using 2009) and about 200 regaps were purged. so perhaps that was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Sounds like you forgot to LOCK your viewports. I shouldn't think that the regapps would cause it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Have you played with VIEWBASE yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvrcad Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 hi, no i didn't lock the viewports, never really had too until i wanted to. nothing has changed since yesterday except -purged the drawing drawn in ACAD 2009. haven't had a look at viewbase yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Can you post a stripped down version of the .dwg file here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvrcad Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 wierd viewport drawing.dwg Can you post a stripped down version of the .dwg file here? I left the top left viewport unlocked deliberately. double click the viewport next to it and watch the far left one rescale and zoom out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 You have the VP layer viewport frozen in both of the viewports. I am not sure why you need that, as the VP layer is nonprinting. And you have your viewcube settings set to zoom extents upon a viewchange. You can right click on the viewcube and change that. I greatly prefer using the VIEWPORT CONTROLS to the viewcube. If you have them turned one, they will display in the upper left corner of any active viewport. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvrcad Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 Thanks again Dadgad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 You're very welcome. Always happy to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deano33 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Have same problem at work on old machine running LT 2000. Dont think this has a viewcube. Is there a setvar that will disable auto zoom extents all viewports? A pain having to remember to lock and unlock viewports every drawing change. Time is your biggest asset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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