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designbo 
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Posted: 30.Jan.2012 at 15:33 |
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worked!!!! thanks for the information...
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designbo
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Posted: 30.Jan.2012 at 15:26 |
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will try that and see if it works..
thanks will let you know..
been tremendous help..
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heinsite
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Posted: 29.Jan.2012 at 05:33 |
Yeah. And it seemed so logical at the time.  Dave.
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Dave Hein, P.E.
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John Connor
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Posted: 28.Jan.2012 at 12:23 |
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Well it was worth a try right?
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heinsite
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Posted: 28.Jan.2012 at 07:29 |
I should have tested things *before* posting earlier because one can not edit the viewport boundary as if it were a polyline. My bad. My version of AutoCAD was also on the fritz at the time too.  Dave.
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heinsite
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Posted: 27.Jan.2012 at 21:43 |
Even if he is using it as a reference he originally asked how to change its shape. At this point we've offered several ways of doing it, so the ball is pretty much in his court to come back and let us know how he made out.
I'm going to have to try my own suggestion here shortly... right after I get done with a rebuild. I'm still plagued with that Windows Update mess from the other day.
Dave.
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John Connor
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Posted: 27.Jan.2012 at 21:36 |
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The OP may be using the existing viewport as a reference.
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Posted: 27.Jan.2012 at 20:20 |
 designbo wrote:
Great!! works, now one question,, can I change the view port from the retangle to the poly without having to replace existing view port??? |
I didn't actually try this but it seems it should work also...
Since a rectangle is also a polyline you should be able to use PEDIT (or a right click option) to add a vertex or two where ever you like to the existing viewport, and drag and drop them as needed. Done. No real need to make a new viewport, delete the old one, etc. The main thing is to use which ever method is faster or more understandable to you. AutoCAD provides lots of ways to clean the same cat.
Dave
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heinsite
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Posted: 27.Jan.2012 at 20:13 |
designbo wrote:
okay now one last question....I loose properties with the Poly issue as I need to scale set to a certain scale but properties has no scale properties and other items missing in properties box.....help.....
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If the question is how do you set the viewport scale now, you set it the same way regardless of whether the viewport is a rectangle or some oddly shaped polygon: select the viewport boundary and change the Scale value in the toolbar at the bottom of the screen.
Dave.
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Posted: 27.Jan.2012 at 18:58 |
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Works fine for me. Just tested it using AutoCAD 2010.
Did you use the Viewport > Polygonal approach?
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