Stacy Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 I was setting up a sheet layer and organising the viewports and while doing this one of the viewports deleted itself. It continued to randomly pick a viewport and delete it. Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Have you tried turning all your classes on? You might have inadvertently given your Viewports a class that is turned off. Quote Link to comment
Stacy Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 I checked the drawing and none of the classes were switched off. What else could cause the viewports to delete themselves? Quote Link to comment
Travis Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Stacy, It seems very unlikely the VPs are self-destructing. I would work through these steps: 1) Check to verify all classes are on while viewing the sheet layer in question. (I know you've already checked this, but I'm making a list.) When a viewport is created, it defaults to the active class. I generally create viewports from the design layer, so a new VP starts out with the design's active class. 2) Check to make sure the VP's classes are properly activated. Can you select the "missing" VP using the marquee tool? If so, perhaps the design elements' class(es) aren't turned on in the VP settings. 3) Are VP's not working on only one sheet? Try creating a replacement sheet. 4) VP's are unreliable throughout the file. If so, I'd strongly suspect a corrupted file, or possibly a corrupted installation of VW. 4a) Quit VW, restart your system. Create a blank file. Draw a few objects on a design layer and create VPs on a sheet layer. Do they work properly? Quit and relaunch VW. Open the test file. Are the VPs reliable? If not, un- and then re-install VW. 4b) With or without a reinstall of VW, you'd probably do well to start a completely new file and Work Group Reference in the design layers of the erratic file. This will bring most of your work forward, including whatever classes, symbols, etc. that were utilized in the original. Then, break the link (in the WGR window), making certain to keep all objects. Now you can proceed in the new file with (hopefully) stable VP's. Good luck, Quote Link to comment
Stacy Posted February 26, 2007 Author Share Posted February 26, 2007 Thanx, I restarted the computer and it hasn't given me trouble since. Quote Link to comment
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