won't snap to viewport's

[stephenward]

hi,

 

i have one drawing which is acting strangely, when i'm in paper space trying to move viewports around snap won't work - it works on the contents within the viewport but not the viewport frame itself.

 

anyone else seen this? how did you rectify the problem?

[SEANT]

A typical case where this happens is when the viewports have been placed on the Defpoints layer (presumably, so they won’t plot) and Layer 0 is either off or frozen.

 

If that is indeed the case, then the most sensible solution, I believe, is to create a dedicated layer for Vports, set to not plot.

[stephenward]

i've tried them on various layers, layers set to print, viewport layers etc but still no luck

[SEANT]

Can you post a copy of the file - with everything other than the viewports removed?

[stephenward]

i would if it was my drawing but i'm just working on it and am loath to upload even with stuff deleted.

[SEANT]

i would if it was my drawing but i'm just working on it and am loath to upload even with stuff deleted.

 

Fair enough.

[tkelly]

I am not sure this has anything to do with viewport layers or settings.

I would suggest repair or reinstall Autocad software

 

Tom

[baltzma]

i opened layer manager and highlighted all layers, then turned them off and on, then froze and unfroze them. worked for me

[wandyhee]

unfreeze all the layers available (in paper space), and try it again.