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A viewport shows everything at an angle

yzhangMG49S — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 01:22:56 GMT

I received drawings from a client and there are many viewports. In one viewport, everything seems to show at an angle. When I double-click to get inside the viewport, the 2D crosshair cursor becomes 3D cursor with three lines. The 3D cursor is still in color black though (not the green and red cursor). Anyone help me to make this viewport normal. Thank you!

Re: A viewport shows everything at an angle

vinodkl — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 04:33:30 GMT

Hello @yzhangMG49S

After activating the viewport, type in the command "PLAN" and press enter twice. This should set the UCS to current.

Re: A viewport shows everything at an angle

yzhangMG49S — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 15:53:53 GMT

Seems to work for me. But it seems the viewport now zooms to extend and I need to adjust the scale and content. But regardless, everything is now normal without the angle. Thank you!!

Re: A viewport shows everything at an angle

pendean — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 18:23:08 GMT

@yzhangMG49S wrote:

...But it seems the viewport now zooms to extend and I need to adjust the scale and content...

Lock your viewport.

Enter your viewport.

Set UCSFOLLOW to 0 (that's a zero).

QSAVE your file.

Repeat for all other viewports in that DWG file's layouts.

In modelspace, if you don't need it, set UCSFOLLOW to 0 as well.