View port clip

[asherjoh]

I have a drawing in paper space with its view port. I need to put a smaller view port over the top of it that contains a detail. Is there a way to clip the larger drawing only directly below the smaller detail vp? I want it blank below the detail vp. Thank You.

[pendean]

viewport clip tips here https://autocadtips1.com/2012/05/08/viewport-clip/

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> Is there a way to clip the larger drawing only directly below the smaller detail vp?

Create a polyline around the larger viewport - the detail viewport and use that polyline as clipping border for the larger vp.

- alfred -

[asherjoh]

Do I use vpclip for this?

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

It sounds like you wish to cut a hole in a viewport for the display of another viewport.  If so, I don't think that is possible.  But you can create a closed "C" shape viewport that "looks" like a viewport with a hole in it and you do that with VPCLIP and the pline Dean talked about.

[Alfred.NESWADBA · Accepted solution]

Hi,

>> It sounds like you wish to cut a hole in a viewport for the display of another viewport.

Can be done with a region using as clipping geom for the viewport. 😉

As a region can have holes the viewport has it that too.

- alfred -

[asherjoh]

Looking forward to trying it out tomorrow. Thank you.

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

(sorry, have seen that too late to pack it in my prev. post)

>> Do I use vpclip for this?

Yes (you can also start that function when selecting the viewport and find the function in the right-click context menu.

- alfred -

[asherjoh]

Thank you.

[asherjoh]

Having a problem with the steps. So I draw a closed polyline around the big vp. Then a closed polyline around the small vp (detail vp). Then convert them to regions. Then convert the regions to a vp? I am stuck at this point. Thanks.

[asherjoh]

I think I got it. After I turned the plines to regions, I did a subtract with it. Then did a mview/object. It created a viewport with a hole in it. Is this what you were talking about?

[asherjoh]

When I do this, it loses its line type scale for some reason.

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> After I turned the plines to regions, I did a subtract with it. Then did a mview/object.

>> It created a viewport with a hole in it. Is this what you were talking about?

That was an answer if it's possible to create a hole in a viewport (for another viewport).

If it's working for you and answered your needs, great!

>> When I do this, it loses its line type scale for some reason.

Strange, verify for each viewport (double click into the viewport) the settings

• LTSCALE
• PSLTSCALE

If you don't find the solution the please upload the drawing and let us know which viewport you see linetype scale wrong and describe what you expect as correct display.

- alfred -

[Anonymous]

Cool, didn't know regions would clip views

[asherjoh]

The line type scale simply a regeneration issue. I thought I had checked it. Seems to work very well.