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I have really hard time to find my drawings in model space

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 14:24:19 GMT

I was trying to insert my drawings to layout and when I got back the drawings in model space disappeared I tried Zoom and ... but to mo avail is there any type of command to bring it back?

Re: I have really hard time to find my drawings in model space

imadHabash — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 14:35:28 GMT

>> ....and when I got back the drawings in model space disappeared

disappeared where !!! i mean have you save your works ? what happened that make your drawing disappear , any doubts ? can you attache here your CAD drawing for testing ?

Re: I have really hard time to find my drawings in model space

Patchy — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 14:36:17 GMT

Insert in paper space then you can't see in model space, that's how it works.

Re: I have really hard time to find my drawings in model space

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 14:57:59 GMT

Yes drawing is there as when I use SELECT ALL,the objects are selected I am
lost in the space maybe because too many zooms,

Re: I have really hard time to find my drawings in model space

ian.mag — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 15:55:36 GMT

Hey,

Probably they are zoomed out very far. Try zoom extents by double clicking your roller mouse or typing Z enter, then E for extents.

Re: I have really hard time to find my drawings in model space

pendean — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 18:24:29 GMT

Why are you inserting DWG files into layouts? Are your DWG files show content that is no bigger than a sheet of paper in size?
Or do you need help using both XREFs and LAYOUTS/Viewports in AutoCAD?

Let us know.

Re: I have really hard time to find my drawings in model space

GrantsPirate — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 18:43:29 GMT

Are you able to view the drawing in a viewport in a layout?

Re: I have really hard time to find my drawings in model space

TerryDotson — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 20:45:34 GMT

Most likely you have some stray geometry, for example something at 0,0 while the bulk of your geometry is in the thousands, etc. Try using zoom center and entering a known good coordinate, then zoom out slowly till you see the extents of what you expect. Then carefully enter erase all, enter R for remove, then window the good parts.