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   Is there a way to draw on one viewport  without the drawing appearing on the other viewport simultaneously.?   I  tried  by dividing the screen   with 2 viewports from the view pulldown menu . But whenever I draw on the active viewport, the drawing appears on the other viewport as well. 
 I have only been successful in panning the parallel drawing(unwanted) out of the  other viewport

Edited by Joferna - 15.Jan.2011 at 03:48

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Joferna Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 08.Nov.2010 Location: Canada Using: Autocad 2008 Status: Offline Points: 29	Topic: help with viewports Posted: 15.Jan.2011 at 03:46
	Is there a way to draw on one viewport without the drawing appearing on the other viewport simultaneously.? I tried by dividing the screen with 2 viewports from the view pulldown menu . But whenever I draw on the active viewport, the drawing appears on the other viewport as well. I have only been successful in panning the parallel drawing(unwanted) out of the other viewport Edited by Joferna - 15.Jan.2011 at 03:48

HAWDesigner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 04.Aug.2008 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD R14, AutoCAD 2009, AutoCAD 2010 Status: Offline Points: 310	Posted: 16.Jan.2011 at 15:05
	Yes, turn the layer off in the other viewport.
	-- R. Williams AutoCAD 2010 Certified Professional *<!-- If all else fails hit F1 -->* <<AutoCAD 2009

Joferna Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 08.Nov.2010 Location: Canada Using: Autocad 2008 Status: Offline Points: 29	Posted: 17.Jan.2011 at 05:58
	Thanks Rob - But I have a 2008 version - is there another way to do this? I understand it is easy to do in 2011 version through the layer manager

CarlB Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 16.Oct.2009 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 321	Posted: 17.Jan.2011 at 07:13
	No, in model space viewports you cannot control layers by viewport; draw something in one and it shows in all. You can control layers by viewport, for vieweports in paper space (on layout tabs).

HAWDesigner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 04.Aug.2008 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD R14, AutoCAD 2009, AutoCAD 2010 Status: Offline Points: 310	Posted: 17.Jan.2011 at 15:23
	My apologies for not being clear enough before. In order for you to accomplish what you want, all you need to do is Freeze the Layer in the current view port. To do so is very common and extremely simple. 1. Set the view port that you want to 'active'. 2. Using the Layers Toolbox, Freeze the layers that you don't want in the active viewport (3RD Icon from the Left). 3. See the results: This IS what you inquired about, correct? Or did I misread your question? Edited by HAWDesigner - 17.Jan.2011 at 15:29
	-- R. Williams AutoCAD 2010 Certified Professional *<!-- If all else fails hit F1 -->* <<AutoCAD 2009

HAWDesigner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 04.Aug.2008 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD R14, AutoCAD 2009, AutoCAD 2010 Status: Offline Points: 310	Posted: 17.Jan.2011 at 15:25
	Oh, and those are Paperspace Viewports, not Modelspace.
	-- R. Williams AutoCAD 2010 Certified Professional *<!-- If all else fails hit F1 -->* <<AutoCAD 2009

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