Circular Viewports

[cmiller]

I'm loosing my crosshairs/cursor and commands don't work after I've made a circle into a viewport. Anyone else experience this problem?

ACAD 2015

[pendean]

Yes if you are in a layout in a viewport: VPMAX seems to cure it (VPMIN to go back).

[cmiller]

That does work. However I was making sure that all text and info needed were not out of the circle. Toggeling back and forth can be a work around but I lose the boundaries of the circle. Why not fix the issue?

My text and info is all in model space. I do not annotate in layout.

[doben]

To see the circle boundary I'd suggest drawing a circle in paper space that matches the viewport then use "chspace" to move it to model space. Put it on a no plot layer or erase it once you're done.  

[christina.davis · Accepted solution]

Hi cmiller, 

I could not reproduce the lost crosshairs after converting a circle into a viewport. 

• Do you have the service pack: AutoCAD 2015 Service Pack 1
• GRAPHICSCONFIG>Set Hardware Acceleration to Off. Any change? 
• Does it seem file specific? Can you post a dwg? 
• Any difference if you create a Polygonal viewport using the Arc option? 

Thanks 🙂

[cmiller]

• Do you have the service pack: AutoCAD 2015 Service Pack 1  Yes
• GRAPHICSCONFIG>Set Hardware Acceleration to Off. Any change? That seemed to fix it somewhat.
• Does it seem file specific? Can you post a dwg?  Only when I have a circular VP. Not sure how.
• Any difference if you create a Polygonal viewport using the Arc option?  Didn't try those yet.

[christina.davis · Accepted solution]

Hi cmiller, 

Is working with hardware acceleration disabled still working for you? 

Thanks 🙂

[cmiller]

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@christina.davis wrote:

Hi cmiller, 

Is working with hardware acceleration disabled still working for you? 

Thanks 🙂

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So far so good.