I am trying to create two column sheets with a polygonal viewport, but it doesn't seem to work. The point is that I want to use the area above the stamp to be able to fit two columns on one sheet, but the last section in the second column ends up where my stamp is. Is this possible? Is there another way to solve this problem? I'm not to keen on moving the sections by hand, since they keep jumping back.. I'm using Civil 3D 2013.
/Sofie
Mark Green
Working on Civil 3D in Canada
No, it's not relevant what my stamp is, its the shape of the viewport that's relevant. It's multiple section views i'm trying to make. In the picture the cyan shape is the viewport I want, the yellow is the printarea i get (when i make a template with the polygon viewport) and as you can see the last section won't be seen in the final layout as it won't fit in the viewport. Is this clearer?
Mark Green
Working on Civil 3D in Canada
Madame, please sit down comfortably and listen.
There are mandatory 3 rules in this forum:
1] Nothing is impossible for Autocad
2] For Autocad impossible is nothing
Throw away your non-standard polygonal viewports, use a classic rectangular one, then press F1 and learn all about the powerful _WIPEOUT command.
3] Period.
Mark Green
Working on Civil 3D in Canada
But a wipout in the layout won't affect my multiple section view template print area, will it? It's the position of the sections I want to change, the polygonal viewport works fine as a viewport, but not in the template.
And yes, by stamp I mean title block. A bit of swenglish there, sorry.
The program that calculates the number of sections that can fit on a sheet looks only at the overall rectangle and wasn't designed to look at a plot space that would have different settings per column. Your plot space would also have issues if the sections were very wide.
I think it comes down to a couple of factors: extra white space (set the plot space to cut off the whole bottom row) with automated layout vs. reduced white space and saving a few sheets of paper, but your time in moving the sections around on the sheet.
Two other solutions: new title block or a routine that would re order the sections after the initial layout.
Peter Funk
Autodesk, Inc.
What about being to lock sections in place AFTER they have been moved. If you can do this now please advise.
Bill
The sections don't move after they are placed. If the corridor changes the sections are just updated in place.
Is that the question?
Regards,
Peter Funk
Autodesk, Inc.
OK then. I am pretty sure a couple of yeara ago, sections would "re-organized" themselves. I have had no need recently with the economy in the "terlit",
Thanks for your answer.
Bill
The sections do rearange when you change the Section view group plot style. But once I've decided how i'll do I won't be changing that so ok. Just frustrating when you can do something with a different softwere and not with Civil
The sections do Rearrange themselves
If you select a section and right click-> update section view layout.
They will update if you change the scale, or edit the group plot settings..
The sections won;t update though if try and add a new section in.. you can delete sections strangely though.. and it will re arrange..
Kapanther
Yes,, just tested polygonal viewports do not work...
even though i created a template with polygonal viewport
It still only shows the rectangular frame in model space...
although it doesnt seem to even get that right.. it seems to put all the text from the annotation outside the frame... So it gets cut off when you go into paperspace...
Bug??
Kapanther
Lol its a good work around... Still annoying that it doesn't sort that out automatically....
Thanks for your help..
Regards
Kapanther
BUMPing this one just to see if someone has managed to solve this most annoying problem.
I don't even try to let the program fit the sections. I let them be created in modelspace in just one column and the create two viewports in paperspace to display the ones I want.
Allen Jessup
CAD Manager - Designer
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