Viewport model space autocad

A viewport scale will automatically change to fit the entire drawing zoom extents if you double-click on the viewport after a UCS is changed. Check whether the drawing was drawn on model space and with viewports in paper space Layout or without viewports Model alone.

Type properties in command window a tab will pop-up. Choose the required viewport and in the properties tab the scale should be visible under viewport scale attribute. Select the viewport. The Edit Viewport dialog box opens see Modifying Viewports for a description of the dialog box parameters. Click Design Layer and select the design layer to edit from the list. This layer is automatically generated when a dimension is created in your AutoCAD drawing, this layer stores information about definition points of dimensions.

Objects on this layer are visible in drawing area but these objects will not appear when you plot your drawing, plotting is turned off for Defpoints layer.

Solution Go to the layout with the viewport settings you want to copy. Double-click inside the viewport to switch into Model Space. Exit the Layer States Manager. Switch to the layout to receive the layer states, or make a copy of your first layout. Alternatively, you can enter a distance or an x,y coordinate offset. Click Home tab Layer panel Layer Properties.

In the Layer Properties Manager, select the layers to freeze or thaw. Click the icon in the VP Freeze column for the selected layers. Locking a layout viewport prevents changes to the view displayed in that viewport from an unintentional zoom or pan operation.

Shortcut Key None. Type mspace and then press Enter. Method 1 Switch to the layout that contains the viewport border that you do not want plotted. On the Object Properties toolbar, click the Layers toolbar button.

In the Layers dialog box, click New. Name the new layer. Click the Freeze Layer icon for the new layer. Click OK to close the dialog box. Drag the boundaries of viewports to adjust their size. Press CTRL while dragging viewport boundaries to display the green splitter bar and create new viewports. Alternatively, you can drag the outermost splitter controls.

Drag a viewport boundary onto another boundary to remove a viewport. Like this: Like Loading Find us online! Loading Comments You can modify the size, shape, and number of model space viewports in a viewport configuration:. After you create a new viewport, you might want to maximize and center the view by double-clicking the mouse wheel to perform a zoom extents.

Note: Model space viewports should not be confused with layout viewports , which are available only on layout tabs and are used to arrange views of your drawing on a sheet.