Convert VIEWPORT to polyline

[jfrog]

Does anyone have any routines to convert a viewport in paperspace to a polyline viewport? (without changing the current view)

I'd like to be able to add vertices to the viewports, which you can do if it's a pline.

Thanks in advance

[jfrog]

BTW, I'm using Acad 2002, if that matters

[Anonymous]

One way of doing this would be to go inside the Viewport you have now and
use the VIEW command to save the current view.
Then back in Pspace, create your new polygonal shape with your PLINE, then
use MVIEW's OBJECT option to convert your newly drawn polygon into a Pspace
Viewport.
Then go inside this new Viewport and use the VIEW command to restore the
previous view you saved.

Paul

wrote in message news:5840018@discussion.autodesk.com...
BTW, I'm using Acad 2002, if that matters

[jfrog]

Brilliant in it's simplicity....thanks much!

[joshc96]

The attached is kinda messy, completely undocumented and works on viewports
and polyline-viewports only....but it works.

Josh

[jfrog]

thanks...this routine appears to create a pline in model space to correlate to the mview, right? Not quite what I was looking for, but it does do something I normally do manually...so I'll use it anyway.

What I was looking for was a routine to convert the paperspace viewport (created my the MVIEW command) to a polyline viewport (as created by the MVIEW command, "Polygonal" option)

Thanks again,

John

[Anonymous]

VPCLIP

[paullimapa]

Great suggestion @Anonymous

VPCLIP works as long as you retrace the rectangular Vport corners and then you'll end up with a Polyline Vport.

Now if there was a lisp routine that can do this automatically...

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[Anonymous]

I prefer VPCLIP

[Deirdre.Warner]

Just used this option and it worked great! Huge time saver!

[nodink]

Here is what I'd do.. No LSP routine/VPCLIP needed.  Just rotate the viewport 1 degree and rotate back 1 degree. Voila, your VP is now a Polyline. BUT before rotate it back 1degree, Pedit it before rotate it back.

[Anonymous]

USE BOUNDARY COMMAND 

[Patricia_Villar-HPA]

Thanks Carlos, this is the answer. Easy and fast!

[aruckerY7D6L]

3yrs later and still an effective answer. Thanks Much!

[Anonymous]

Brilliant! That's my learning quota for the day. In danger of exceeding said quota however, why Pedit before rotating it back?

[aruckerY7D6L]

If you just rotate it back then, for me, it turns back to a normal VP. Where as if you run the PEDIT command, it will remain a polyline. You can also just add a vertex instead of PEDIT and that will also give the desired results; and it wont let you use PEDIT or add a vertex before rotating.

[thaddeus.morrison]

I logged into my account just to give this a thumbs up. This is the epitome of KISS.

[hani.serhan]

VPClip!