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Objects Not Showing Up in Viewbase

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 19:14:56 GMT

I am new to AutoCAD, but I have been using Inventor for the last several years. I was excited to find the view base and projected views since they are so similar to how Inventor sets up views and sections. I was able to use view base successfully with one model to show multiple section views of a space. However when I tried with second model of a separate space in a separate file only one of the 3D objects show up. All the appropriate layers are turned on. I have tried turning off the layers and then turning them back on again, as was suggested in another post, that didn't work. In both files the model has been XREFed in to the file to generate the layouts. Both models contain multiple XREFs that create the overall model.

Re: Objects Not Showing Up in Viewbase

john.vellek — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 20:34:45 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

I see that you are visiting as a new member. Welcome to the Autodesk Community!

This is a known defect with Viewbase. One of the workarounds is to scale the entire contents of the model by 1.0001 and then create the views.

If you have mirrored blocks in your model they can cause this too. You might redefine the mirrored instances as a new block.

Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.

Re: Objects Not Showing Up in Viewbase

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 21:27:58 GMT

Thank you for the welcome.

I tried scaling it, there was no effect. No mirrored blocks, no blocks at all actually. There might be a couple of mirrored XREFs of sub-assemblies in the overall assembly. Would that cause the same issue?

Re: Objects Not Showing Up in Viewbase

john.vellek — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 21:36:54 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

Try scaling twice 🙂 I have found this to work sometimes. And yes, the Xref mirroring would do the same as a mirrored block.

You are welcome to attach some files here for me to investigate.

Re: Objects Not Showing Up in Viewbase

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 23:04:35 GMT

I am working through the mirrored XREFs and that seems to be fixing it. Thank you.

Re: Objects Not Showing Up in Viewbase

jure_music — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:17:12 GMT

Hi,

I’m experiencing the same issue. I’ve tried scaling the model multiple times, but nothing changes — only one object from the entire model appears in the layout.

I also tried copying the model into another drawing, but it doesn’t copy at all. I created new equipment in 3D piping, and when I try to copy it, only a roller appears.