topic Re: Turning a circle in to view port in AutoCAD Forum

Turning a circle in to view port

CabralR — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 18:40:16 GMT

I am working with Autocad 2020 and, although it has been amazing so far, I noticed that I can't transform a circle

into ViewPort as I used to be able to do on the previous versions (2002, 2010, 2013, 2019 at least).

Is it a bug, something to be updated or is there any trick to get it done?

Re: Turning a circle in to view port

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 18:45:57 GMT

Did you try to use the polygonal viewport command. It will let you draw an arc and complete it into a circle?

Re: Turning a circle in to view port

CabralR — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 19:00:00 GMT

I haven't tried this. I just saw that it works, thank you!! But still it's weird that they removed this possibility on the 2020. Or this is an error to be fixed in the next update?

Re: Turning a circle in to view port

cadffm — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 19:13:30 GMT

You can do this by the same ways like in 2019 and more older versions like 2016 for example,

so please: What is the difference do you think?

Same command (-VPORTS), same Option(Object),

same place in the ribbon (LAYOUT Tab, Layout-Viewport panel, DropDown for Rectang/Polygon/Object)

Re: Turning a circle in to view port

CabralR — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 19:30:00 GMT

It's funny that through commands it works, thank you, but if I click on the "Convert Object to Viewport" then on the circle, when it works, after I do this command, Autocad becomes instable and I can't see my mouse until I delete the circle.

Re: Turning a circle in to view port

cadffm — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 19:43:02 GMT

1. Please upload or describe exactly where you click in 2019 and what is the difference to 2020.

2. I not talked abou this button, but the command and option behind is the same (-vports object)

and it works well on my side.

Re: Turning a circle in to view port

ВeekeeCZ — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 19:46:26 GMT

I'm used to use the CLIP (ribbon) command for that. .. or VPCLIP command-line

Re: Turning a circle in to view port

CabralR — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 19:48:52 GMT

I uploaded a print screen of it.

Anyway, my colleague can do it, it works on his computer, which has the exactly same configuration as mine.

Maybe it is something on my computer because even when I recently had the trial version installed, it had the same problem.

Re: Turning a circle in to view port

cadffm — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 19:54:13 GMT

@ВeekeeCZ schrieb:

I'm used to use the CLIP (ribbon) command for that. .. or VPCLIP command-line

Sure not for Objects like CIRCLE, just for rectangle or polygonal viewports as source-object.

@CabralR

As i wrote, it should work.

Test it in a new fresh file, new layout.

What happens, what going wrong?

Re: Turning a circle in to view port

CabralR — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 19:59:00 GMT

I understand, but it happens since I had the trial version. I am assuming that is something wrong on my computer.

Re: Turning a circle in to view port

cadffm — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 22:17:53 GMT

"..but it happens"

W H A T happens?

We can not see where you click and what Acad say [F2] ..

We can not see your screen and following your steps, you have to write it, screenshot or screencast it for us.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/de/community/screencast

Test it in fresh files, based on acad.dwt/acadiso.dwt or without a template.

Re: Turning a circle in to view port

CabralR — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 12:47:19 GMT

If I click on the "Convert Object to Viewport" then on the circle I drew, when it works, Autocad becomes instable and I can't see my mouse until I delete the circle.

Re: Turning a circle in to view port

cadffm — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 16:05:25 GMT

Ok, that isn't usual and no setting problem,

but then ALL ways to convert circle2viewport should force this situation,

because all "ways" uses the command -vports with the object option.

Hmm.

Re: Turning a circle in to view port

CabralR — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 16:12:29 GMT

I appreciate all the help I got here. I see that are few ways to do it and it will work one way or another.

As I said, I assumed that the issue has something to do with my computer, since my colleague has the same computer and we got our licenses at the same time and he doesn't have the same issue.

I am satisfied with the solutions provided here.

If I notice in the future that it is an an AutoCad issue, not my computer, I will report it.

Thank you!!