MVSETUP not working, no error message

[Anonymous]

Hello.  I opened AutoCAD today and tried to use the mvsetup command to rotate a viewport in paperspace, but nothing happens.  I enter the command, press enter, and no further prompts come up, as if it just clicks itself out of the command.  I don't get an error message or anything.  I use AUTOCAD 2016.  

The command was working just fine several days ago.  Everyone else in my office says the command works just fine on their machines.

[Patchy]

Have you shut down your PC and reboot?

Try this, type in:

(findfile "mvsetup.lsp")

and hit enter, see what it said.

[Anonymous]

I have tried rebooting.  That didn't work.  Type findfile where? when I type that in the command bar It tells me it's an unknown command.

[Patchy]

type in at the command line, the whole thing:

(findfile "mvsetup.lsp")

[Anonymous]

Ok.  When I did that it came back with "nil"

[Patchy]

Your mvsetup.lsp is missing

Copy your friend's and put in similar folder of your PC and restart autocad, see if it'll work.

[john.vellek]

Hi @Anonymous,

Welcome to the Autodesk Community!

I have attached a copy of the file for you. It should go to this location: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2016\Support\en-us

Please let me know once you install this if everything is back to normal.

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

[john.vellek]

Hi @Anonymous,

I am checking back to see if my post helped you with your problem or if you need additional assistance or information. Please add a post with how you decide to proceed and your results so other Community members may benefit.

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

[GrantsPirate]

Just use the rotate command and rotate a viewport, much easier than going thorough mvsetup.  Make sure VPROTATEASSOC is set to 1.

[Anonymous]

John, 

It turns out I do have the lisp file, but the search path got disconnected somehow, and I didn't know where it had to go until you mentioned it in a previous post.  I found it again and the command is giving me the correct prompts, however, when I go to align, then rotate, click a basepoint and enter an angle, press enter, nothing happens and the view remains unchanged.  am I missing a step in using the command?

Also, I was able to solve the problem by rotating the layout, rotating the viewport, and then rotating the layout back and stretching the viewport manually.  A quick fix for the issue at hand, but I still would like to make sure the program is working the way it should.  

Thanks!

[john.vellek]

Hi @Anonymous,

Here is a Screencast of the steps I used to rotate the view.

Let me know if this helps.

[Anonymous]

I tried it that way but it doesn't do anything. The command bar gives me an angle, but the viewport and the drawing within it doesn't change at all.   

[john.vellek]

Hi @Anonymous,

You say the command bar gives you an angle. Can you select an angle by pointing in modelspace as I did?

[Anonymous]

I can, but nothing happens when I do it. All that happens is that in the field above the command line, it tells me the angle I selected in modelspace.

[john.vellek · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous,

Is the viewport per chance locked? Can you do a Screencast to show me how you are going through the command? Not that I doubt you I am just curious if there is anything different in your method than mine as when I do this the routine never reports the angle.

Can you try running the lsp I attached (just drag it into your AutoCAD window)? I am curious to see if it behaves differently.

[john.vellek]

Hi @Anonymous,

Have you had the opportunity to make me a Screencast of your process? Since the LISP routine appears to be working without an error message there must be something else going on too. I would like to get this resolved for you.

[Anonymous]

John, 

Yes, it turned out that I did have the viewport locked.  When I unlocked it the command worked as it should. Thank you for your help! 

[Anonymous]

Hi John,

I am using Autocad-2010. On my machine "mvsetup" command is not working. Giving message "Unknown command "MVSETUP"".  

Request to fix the issue.

Regards,

PN

[Anonymous]

Try changing the file folder where the mvsetup.lsp is located to "writable" for the logged on user.

[Anonymous]

I am working on the AutoCAD 2018 version and I get an error message stating that MVSETUP is an unknown command. I tried changing the viewport via the UCS Method, but that does not work either. Any ideas?

MVSETUP.lsp does not even exist in my AutoCAD folders, so i can't rename the folder name....