Baseview/projected view restoring or alternative method.

[Anonymous]

Hello to all !

I would like to ask if there is any workaround to bring back the BASEVIEW option to AutoCAD 2019 32 bit, so it is possible to create various projected views in paper space from a 3d solid in model space.

An workaround like copy some dll from a 64 bit AutoCAD installation into AutoCAD 2019 32 bit, or other " trick " that enables the command on AutoCAD 2019 32 bit.

If a usable command like BASEVIEW is completely out of question in a AutoCAD 2019 32 bit installation, is there any way to achieve the same results, using more steps ?

I tried to create various viewports on paper space and then change the view orientation for each one, but individual viewport orientation change was not allowed.

Does anyone have some ideas on how could it be done ?

I will appreciate very much any idea or information !

Best regards

PR

[natasha.l]

Hello @Anonymous , 

Thank you for posting to the community. Sorry but the VIEWBASE command is only available on 64 bit systems.

Please "Accept Solution" if a reply or replies have helped resolve the issue or answered your question, to help others in the community.

[Anonymous]

Hello Natasha

Thank you very much for having taken the time to answer.

I know that the BASEVIEW command was discontinued on older 32 bit AutoCAD versions, but was hoping that an alternative to it was available.

With AutoCAD 2019 32 bit, how can a user create paper space views with different orientations ( from a part on model space ) ?

It was a very useful option, that shouldn’t have been “ dismissed “.

Again, thank you very much for your time and attention !

Yours faithful

PR

[Anonymous]

An alternative to BASEVIEW (VIEWBASE) is to create multiple FLATSHOT views from the desired view point and assemble them in a layout. You lose the associative nature of VIEWBASE but if it's all you've got then FLATSHOT will work.

As an aside I usually use FLATSHOT. Today I encountered a large assembly model that just wouldn't create geometry so in this case I went the other way and used VIEWBASE.

[beyoungjr · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Before BASEVIEW I was teaching students to create equal sized Viewports in Orthographic positions (front, top, right side).  Then display the model in those orientations in each Viewport and zoom extents (zoom object if only a single item from multiple components).  The part sizes in the Viewports will not be the same.  Then select all Viewports and set the Viewport Scale.  All Viewports will adjust to same part size and should be perfectly aligned to one another.

See >this screencast< for a basic example.

Blaine

[Anonymous]

Hello Mr Blaine Young

Thank you very much for your help.

Before my first posting on the forum asking for help, I tried to create various viewports on the paper space and adjust the view for each one, but every time I moved / oriented the model, the view changed on all viewports, maybe I wasn’t using the correct procedure.

I will try the method you suggested and then post here the results.

Again, thank you very much for your time and attention.

Have a nice weekend !

Best regards

PR

[Anonymous]

Hello Mr Blaine Young

I followed your suggested method and it worked.

It’s not the same as the “ lost “ command, takes more time and work than VIEWBASE but the end results are satisfactory, at least for what I want; I can live with that.

Again, thank you very much for your time and attention, I will mark your reply as solution.

Best regards

PR

[Anonymous]

Hello Mr Patrick Hughes

I tested your suggestion and it worked ( more or less ).

It didn’t produce the results I was expecting, the generated projections are distorted and do not reflect the part orientation previously carefully set to show the desired part detail.

Nevertheless, I want to thank you for your contribution, I am sure I will have uses for it in the future, and it will be very useful.

Thank you very much for your time and attention.

Have a nice weekend.

Best regards

PR

[Anonymous]

It does take some time to get the results needed. It mostly involves setting your view (Top, Front, Right, etc. and aligning your UCS accordingly, then issuing the FLATSHOT command. Nonetheless it looks like you have found your solution. There are many different ways of doing things in ACAD, another approach is SOLVIEW, SOLPROJ, and other older commands. 

[beyoungjr]

Hello,

I am glad you have a workable solution.

I'm also glad to have tripped into your post because I hadn't realized that the 32bit version did not have VIEWBASE functionality.  I've been using 64bit for so long and missed this info long ago.  This was truly good for me to know as I try to be very active in assisting other users.

I started using the VIEWBASE methods almost immediately upon their availability in ACAD because I also use Inventor.  I do wish that further integration would continue but I also recognize that there must be some delineation among software platforms.

Continue to make use of these forums.  Everyone here enjoys helping and participating, and we also learn from exploring other users' workflows.

Have a great day,

Blaine

[Anonymous]

Hello Mr Patrick Hughes

Thank you very much for your new ideas.

I did a search on the Autodesk knowledge network about the commands you suggested and they seem to be very useful, although I will have to practice with them before I can use them, and for now, I don’t have a real necessity to use such “ specialized “ features.

Regarding your advice about the UCS “ tuning “ before applying the FLATSHOT command, I missed that step on my experiment, so that may have been the problem when I tried it, I will practice a little more.

Again, thank you very much for your contribution.

Best regards

PR