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CityDL 
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 Topic: Viewports in Paperspace
Posted: 19.Jul.2016 at 22:46 |
I have noticed in the last few weeks that when I click in a viewport in paperspace in a layout with multiple viewports, all of the viewports show the xyz icon in the lower left corner instead of just the one I'm in. I don't think it's supposed to be that way. I first noticed it when I went to do a dview twist in one viewport and saw the twist happen in all the viewports in the layout. I hadn't done anything any differently than I had been doing them over the years. Did I perhaps change a setting accidently? I have tried to find posts about this but haven't been successful. ACAD C3D 2014
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John Connor
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Posted: 20.Jul.2016 at 00:15 |
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What command did you use to create these viewports?
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CityDL
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Posted: 20.Jul.2016 at 00:29 |
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mview
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John Connor
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Posted: 20.Jul.2016 at 12:30 |
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I have been unable to replicate the condition you describe and nothing comes to mind, command wise, that I can think of at the moment.
What steps have to taken thus far to solve the problem on your own?
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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>>
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CityDL
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Posted: 20.Jul.2016 at 18:29 |
I have searched online to see if anyone else has had this issue and haven't found anything, I have talked with other CAD users and gone through the ACAD help topics. Yesterday I opened a new drawing and used the New Viewport command pulldown to create a couple of layout viewports and the same thing was happening - click in one to activate and the xyz symbol shows up in both. I'm stumped and so are others I've talk to. David Lee
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John Connor
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Posted: 20.Jul.2016 at 19:01 |
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Well you could always try a REPAIR of the installation. It is pretty mundane and will do no harm as it just finds and replaces corrupted AutoCAD program files and does not touch actual drawing files.
I searched as well but could not find one other person who said they were seeing the same thing.
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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>>
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CityDL
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Posted: 20.Jul.2016 at 19:53 |
I have taken a look at a few videos on creating multiple layouts and in each one the xyz icon did show in all vp's when one was activated. That must be normal and I just never noticed it before. As far as the twisting in multiple vp's when only one is activated, I don't know. I had not seen that before. I'll keep trying to find something on that. In the mean time, thank you very much John for responding. if I find out why it's doing that, I'll post it. David
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John Connor
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Posted: 20.Jul.2016 at 20:11 |
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Well if that is the case then it is a feature I have turned off on day one since as far back as AutoCAD 2004 or it is some obscure sysvar that I have completely forgotten about since I have no use for it. When I get a moment I'll check what sysvars I have turned off and maybe one of them will ring a bell.
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rebellio
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Posted: 25.Jul.2016 at 09:47 |
Hi, You can switch the UCS on and off per viewport. Just click in the viewport and type command ucsicon --> off. regards
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John Connor
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Posted: 25.Jul.2016 at 11:42 |
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I guess that's what I did and forgot. Thanks for refreshing my memory rebellio.
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