topic Re: Viewport Frame is not visible in AutoCAD Forum

Viewport Frame is not visible

jim3thornton — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 21:26:19 GMT

Viewport Frame is not visible

all layers are on and unfrozen.

We can click within the Vport, but can not select the window.

I have included the drawing.

Re: Viewport Frame is not visible

Patchy — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 21:34:32 GMT

Click on it to uncheck

Re: Viewport Frame is not visible

jim3thornton — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 17:18:05 GMT

I overlooked the defpoints being frozen at the vport ...

THANK YOU!

Re: Viewport Frame is not visible

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 13:32:19 GMT

I have a similar issue. Defpoints layer is not frozen. The attached drawing has 6 viewports -- 3 are visible, 3 are not.

All layers thawed, unlocked, color=white, thickness not 0. Audit fixes 10 items each time it is run.

Re: Viewport Frame is not visible

Alfred.NESWADBA — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 13:45:05 GMT

Hi,

>> Defpoints layer is not frozen

Independent of frozen or not, the layer "Defpoints" is an AutoCAD internal layer and should never be used for your objects (in your drawing the layer "Defpoints" was the current layer, that's not how you should work or with other words one of the worst things you can do in AutoCAD).

Also you have overwritten all VP-settings, also for your paperspace ... that does not make really sense.

In case you have created objects while layer "Defpoints" was active you might see some surprising situations ... did you create the viewports with this layer as active layer?

- alfred -

Re: Viewport Frame is not visible

Alfred.NESWADBA — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 13:48:53 GMT

Hi,

if you have VBA-Enabler installed you can make them visible using that code:

Public Sub MakeEntVisible()
   Dim tEnt As AcadEntity
   For Each tEnt In ThisDrawing.Layouts("SHT2").Block
      If Not tEnt.Visible Then tEnt.Visible = True
   Next
End Sub

- alfred -

Re: Viewport Frame is not visible

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 13:56:17 GMT

"did you create the viewports with this layer as active layer?"

The drawing done by our customer. Do not know their methods.

Thanks for the VBA routine.

Re: Viewport Frame is not visible

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 17:02:35 GMT

Were you ever able to fix your problem? I had the same issue and discovered that my viewports in layouts were not showing because I had the defpoints layer frozen in my model tab.

Re: Viewport Frame is not visible

pendean — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 18:21:36 GMT

Thaw and turn on all of your layers: that's the fix. You cannot see content on a frozen/off layer.

Re: Viewport Frame is not visible

mc5fan — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 18:57:54 GMT

I have drawings that have several viewports, none have a frame. All layers are thawed, unlocked and visible but I cannot do anything at all with any of the viewport contents. I have looked at many viewport problems posted and cannot find anything to assist me. I have attached an example. Any suggestions?

Re: Viewport Frame is not visible

CamperUnhappy — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 23:58:15 GMT

@mc5fan did you ever get this sorted out? I'm struggling with this issue right now on a clients drawing that they sent me. I can't edit anything on the drawings. Nothing shows up in modelspace either. All layers are thawed and unlocked. I can't even delete the **** viewports.

Re: Viewport Frame is not visible

mc5fan — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 02:21:37 GMT

No. I have no idea what the hell is going on here. I believe that the drawing was created in Inventor. Maybe that is part of the problem. I have no idea.

Re: Viewport Frame is not visible

doyle.bush — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:27:09 GMT

After checking Defpoints, try AM_Views, that's where I found mine.

Re: Viewport Frame is not visible

mc5fan — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 02:55:01 GMT

It is a bastardized Inventor conversion. Our Mechanical leader called it before I even opened it. We could not access it nop matter what we tried.

Re: Viewport Frame is not visible

john.h — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 06:02:58 GMT

Your maximum number of allowed viewports needs to be reset.

Type MAXACTVP and change the number to higher than the number of viewports you want to show.

Re: Viewport Frame is not visible

james_salter — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:07:27 GMT

OPTION 1

Select All

type FILTER in command line and hit ENTER

Choose "Viewport" from "Select Filter" dropdown list and then click "Add to List" button

Click on "Apply" button

Unselect the viewports you CAN see, leaving only the one(s) whose border(s) you can't see, selected.

Hit your delete key to delete it (them).

Create new viewport (viewports) to your liking.

OPTION 2

With the invisible viewport selected, start the VPCLIP command and type "P" to draw a polygonal viewport over location of the invisible one.
Start the VPCLIP command again, select the viewport created, and use the Delete option. The invisible viewport will now be visible.

From <https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Making-an-invisible-viewport-visible-again-in-AutoCAD.html>

Re: Viewport Frame is not visible

leemoshuffle — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:13:44 GMT

try this:

1. VPMAX command while being active in the vport that's missing/vanished.

2. doubleclick the exterior highlight bar now adjacent to the edge of the vport window.

3. notice the vport window has reappeared.

4. enjoy the rest of the day.