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Display viewcube in ALL ENVIROMENTS

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Printed Date: 22.Apr.2026 at 08:03


Topic: Display viewcube in ALL ENVIROMENTS
Posted By: tulip3D
Subject: Display viewcube in ALL ENVIROMENTS
Date Posted: 19.Jan.2012 at 21:18
Hello,
 
how on earth am I to display the viewcube in any and all settings????
Not JUST when I shade a model, no JUST when im in the so called '3d' enviroment, but shown ALL the time, in ALL enviroments, no matter what??? is this possible???
Where can it be shown?
overides?
LISP?
what does it take???


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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 19.Jan.2012 at 22:37
The viewcube is for the 3D environment.

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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>>

Posted By: tulip3D
Date Posted: 20.Jan.2012 at 13:55
Dammit man!! in that 'Scotty' from the old star trek voice: "tell me somthin' i dont know!" LOL
 
And I ask cause you can open up a 3d file in whatever enviroment...and even in the 3d one is dosent pop up...
 
all questions for that worthless synergis tech help BS to sit on LOL

Posted By: kszyho
Date Posted: 20.Jan.2012 at 13:57
Maybe go to options/3D Modeling/Display Tools in Viewport/ Display the View Cube/  and check  2D Wireframe visual style.
 
 
 

Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 20.Jan.2012 at 14:05
What is the benefit of displaying the viewcube in a 2D environment?

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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>>

Posted By: tulip3D
Date Posted: 20.Jan.2012 at 14:08

cause i work in 2d...and the models are 3d...switching back and forth is very annoying and not nesscary cause i know the type commands...so i want that blasted view cube everywhere!! its tricky to rotate an object and have to guess which side your on the in pull down window thing

Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 20.Jan.2012 at 14:23
What work are you doing in 2D that require you to look at 3D models?

I thought you were doing electrical schematics?


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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>>

Posted By: tulip3D
Date Posted: 20.Jan.2012 at 14:53
I am...but right now its PLC cabinet design...alot of the stuff is in 3d, with viewports showing views in paperspace. but in order to minipulate the views, i gotta access model space an eff with the 3d...and want that cursed cube to show itself! LOL

Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 20.Jan.2012 at 15:08
Ahhhh.......no you don't.  There should be no need to enter the viewport to change the orientation of the display.  You can do that from the Ribbon while you are in your layout. 

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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>>

Posted By: tulip3D
Date Posted: 20.Jan.2012 at 15:47

hahaha guess I said it wrong...i want to erase the viewports, and take the geometry out and flatten it all for 2d...the other guys i work with dont know 3D so they say get rid of it. but when I do, it skews all crazy like and I gotta keep going back to the 'top' view, cause autocad defaults the commands to that view...thats where the viewcube comes in handy...but its never there!!

tried NAVCUBE, cubesettingsanwhatnot, all that...

Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 20.Jan.2012 at 15:52
And just how do you go about flattening your 3D models to obtain your 2D views?

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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>>

Posted By: tulip3D
Date Posted: 20.Jan.2012 at 15:56
tired 'flatten' 'flatshot'...'layoutexport' 'solview' 'soldraw'...still SOL LOL!!

Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 20.Jan.2012 at 15:59
AutoCAD 2011.  OK.  You have four options available to you.

1. SectionPlane
2. Flatshot (not Flatten)
3. SolView/SolDraw
4. SolProf

With a move to 2012 you would have one more called View Base.


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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>>

Posted By: tulip3D
Date Posted: 20.Jan.2012 at 16:01
section plane...hmmm....
 
oh an im on 2010 at this new job...just didnt update my thingy

Posted By: kszyho
Date Posted: 20.Jan.2012 at 16:25
Tulip3D did you try my solution or maybe it is different in autocad 2012 than in 2010?

Posted By: tulip3D
Date Posted: 20.Jan.2012 at 17:31
YEAH, when I change the shademode to C or R then it pops up...and slows my computer down LOL...what a bastard this thing is

Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 21.Jan.2012 at 13:29
With all the problems you are experiencing I would suggest a radical approach.  Wipe the drive clean and reinstall everything.  Figure a day to do it.

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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>>

Posted By: tulip3D
Date Posted: 23.Jan.2012 at 13:51
LOL!! Ya know, thats what the IT guy said too...followed by: well, when we install 12' i'll fix all this stuff...THEN followed by: whenever the mailto:f@#k" rel="nofollow - f@#k that ever happens LOL
 
yeah so i think im just SOL at this point...for now, at least...I do hold hope that one day, ONE day they'll come in here and fix stuff...

Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 23.Jan.2012 at 14:45
Computers have been known to die suddenly.  Accidents happen.

So rather than fix the problem or buy you a new computer the company would rather you waste your time and their money trying to cope with the myriad of problems you have been having?  That does not make good business sense.  Can anyone other than yourself see this as being a waste of money?

Just for laughs what are your computer specs?


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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."

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