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Hot Opal 
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 Topic: Printing
Posted: 23.May.2017 at 03:44 |
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In Autocad is it possible to have layers turned ON in Paper Space to enable printing while the layers are turned OFF in Model Space?
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John Connor
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Posted: 23.May.2017 at 11:51 |
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If you turn a layer off in model space then switch to your paper space layout and check your viewport(s) how do expect the same layer to now be visible? You do realize you can freeze/thaw layers in the current layout viewport don't you?
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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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Robert_D
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Posted: 23.May.2017 at 16:37 |
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Unusual request.
Create layerstates; one MODEL & one PAPERSPACE with your layer visibility set as you like it, for a fast switch between the two visible states?
Don't work in modelspace. Create a layout with a viewport & use as your working area.
Viewport Freeze desired layer(s).
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Hot Opal
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Posted: 02.Jun.2017 at 02:08 |
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Thanks Guys, I have tried the freeze trick but I may not be doing it properly.
I have a drawing with many layers overlapping (ie Foundations, Floor 1, Floor 2, Roof)and when I want to print I am trying not to have to go and turn off the layers I don't want shown. I am trying to set my paper space so that each individual drawing only shows 1 particular floor but while leaving other layers turned on in model space. Is this achievable?
Kind regards,
Neville
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John Connor
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Posted: 02.Jun.2017 at 13:32 |
It is entirely possible to freeze layers you don't want to see in a layout viewport. I've done it countless times. Read this from AutoDesk:
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/AutoCAD-Core/files/GUID-1502A914-B534-4791-BB91-1C6C03594236-htm.html
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Hot Opal
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Posted: 02.Jun.2017 at 22:38 |
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Thanks John.
I will give it a try.
Kind regards,
Neville
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Kent Cooper
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Posted: 06.Jun.2017 at 13:48 |
 John Connor wrote:
It is entirely possible to freeze layers you don't want to see in a layout viewport. I've done it countless times. .... |
That's the opposite of what they're trying to do. Re-read the first post.
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John Connor
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Posted: 06.Jun.2017 at 13:54 |
Kent Cooper wrote:
John Connor wrote:
It is entirely possible to freeze layers you don't want to see in a layout viewport. I've done it countless times. .... |
That's the opposite of what they're trying to do. Re-read the first post. |
This is what I was going by. "I am trying to set my paper space so that each individual drawing only shows 1 particular floor..."
Edited by John Connor - 06.Jun.2017 at 16:38
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Hot Opal
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Posted: 06.Jun.2017 at 23:17 |
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Thanks guys but Kent is correct in what I was trying to achieve.
I was trying to set layers in paper space that would be the only ones visible in that format whether I had them turned on or off in model space. ie I could go and print another copy at any time knowing that the layers I had set in a particular drawing would be the only ones visible no matter what I had turned on or off in model space.
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John Connor
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Posted: 07.Jun.2017 at 11:28 |
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Oh well.
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