Model Space not showing up in Paper Space

[Anonymous]

Good afternoon, everyone.

First time I've come across this situation. I'm making a figure off of a geolocation, so I do a drawing overlay, and copy it to the side to continue editting once the floorplan is down.

I move over to Paperspace to create my layout, scale, etc, and when I switch over, I am seeing the geolocation and captured area, but my drawing/outline is not displayed.

Anyone have a trick to get this to show up?

AutoCAD LT 2015.

Additionally, I've just been copy-pasting viewports that the program creates for each drawing to get new ports, as I'm not able to find the way to insert a new viewport without copy-pasting, could that be an issue? Also, where is the selection to creaing a new view port?

Thanks for your help

[drjohn]

Copied VIEWPORTS are copied and the DISPLAY VIEWPORT OBJECTS is turned off (depending on version I think).  Beats the hell outta me why they programmed it this way but there it is.

Either select the viewport and adjust it in PROPERTIES (turn on display) or right click on the viewport and select DISPLAY VIEWPORT ... whatever it says.

HTH

Regards,

DJ

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

MV (Mview command) is how i create viewports on the fly.

I'm not sure what you're trying to explain in your original problem though, sorry.

[Anonymous]

That MV command helped solve an issue I've been having for a few weeks, so there is that.

But the main issue is that I have a viewport (the 'native' one that is generated when you start a new drawing) and it is only displaying my clipped geolocation. I ahve since drawn the base layer of a work site, and moved the lines off to the side so I can work on placing certain attributes. But for whatever reason, the recent part of the drawing isn't displayed.

[Anonymous]

I selected the viewport and played around with the display settings (Was away from the computer since Friday.) I even created a new layout/paper space tab. When I open a new viewport, even without copying, I'm only able to display my clipped geolocation image. I've since drawn lines, and moved said lines off to the side so I can begin placing other pieces of data, but the lines are not showing up. I've even tried to edit the PSLTSCALE and LTSCALE. I mean, the drawing can be replicated simply, just a matter of I'd rather not. And especially if I get to a drawing that is a lot more complex.

Thanks for your help,

-Corey

[Anonymous]

So from what you're saying, you put your geolocation in model space, draw some lines next to the geolocation in model space, then switch to paper space and you can only see your geolocation in the viewport.

my only thinking would be your drawing lines on a layer the viewport has turned off (defpoints, etc.)

how to check: grab one of those lines from model space, copy it to paper space over the viewport, then change space (command CHSPACE) if that line is still visible you should be fine. if it disappears that layer is turned off or frozen in the viewport.

let me know how it goes.

[Anonymous]

Tried that. When I copied over, even on/in or to the side of the viewport, my line wasn't there. Change Space didn't cause anything to happen, either way.

Anyway to thaw/turn on the layer in the view port? Its off in new viewports (created by MV).

[pendean · Accepted solution]

While inside the viewport, start LAYER command and in the columns that start with the VP in he name (stands for ViewPort) you can control the visibility of layers differently from their default off/frozen settings in the file as a whole).

[Anonymous]

That did it!

Thank you so much!

Any idea how that got tripped, so I don't do it again?

[pendean]

Most of the core 'layer' commands for freeze/locking files have a setting that makes them viewport-aware (they work on the viewport setting of a layer) and that may have been how it happened.

Explore these in HELP: they are quite powerful.

[melchorlagunzad]

thanks Pendean your solution works great!