Viewport Issues in Paper Space

[Simple153]

We have a drawing with 120 viewports on each show a plan or elevation of a house.

 

When you go into paper space from model all of the viewports do not display tehre images.

 

However when you plot/plot preview open the drawing first time the yare all shown/plotted.

 

Any ideas why this may be?

 

Cheers

 

Simon

[ReMark]

Something to do with MAXACTIVEVP perhaps? I recall a discussion about this earlier in the year. Try a search.

[Organic]

Why do you need 120 viewports in the first place?

[ReMark]

I was always under the impression that the maximum number of active viewports was 64. However, I think it was rkmcswain who pointed out a user could have a lot more than that. I'll have to find the thread to refresh my memory.

 

In the OP's case it may have something to do with the graphics card memory.

[SLW210]

MAXACTVP

 

It only affects EACH layout tab, in other words, you can have up to 64 viewports ACTIVE in EACH layout TAB.

[ReMark]

Yeah, that's what I thought too but I could swear rkmcswain argued differently.

[SLW210]

Well, I never use near that many VPs, just going by Autodesk.

 

I also just searched Autodesk discussions, several discussions verify it is per layout tab.

[ReMark]

I guess I was just confused. No matter. A simple test confirms what you have said.

 

I placed an object (a circle) in model space. I went to my layout and created 100 viewports. Only 63 (?) of the viewports display the object. The remainder don't.

[ReMark]

My quick test. Not sure why it's 63 and not 64 though.

[Dana W]

As I remember, the extra viewports are good, and will plot, they just don't display past 64 in paperspace. I guess one must be sure the first 64 are good and will never need revision once you need number 65.

[Dadgad]

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My quick test. Not sure why it's 63 and not 64 though.

 

Doesn't the modelspace count as one of the 64 available?

[ReMark]

Why would model space be considered a viewport though?

[EMS_0525]

Why would model space be considered a viewport though?

That makes sense to me, you can have more than one view in model space and they are still called viewports. I do that when working in 3d, i usually have a top, side, and isometric of some sort so i can see multiple views of an object at the same time.