Design Layer Viewport Problem

[CS1]

When I double click on a design layer viewport then tick:

It either doesnt work or it shows correctly but all the visibilty ticks in the navigation panel dont reflect whats actually showing on the sheet.

[CS1]

Anyone?

[IanH]

Have you set up the DLVP override parameters for each class to give the results that you are expecting to see?

[CS1]

For example if I had a rectangle classed as "box" then made the class "box" have blue outline then in my class override made "box" red outline. In my viewport the rectangles would appear red, if I double clicked on the viewport (with viewport attributes) and went to the design layer, the rectangles would show as blue. This doesnt really make sense to me but this is not the problem Im having.

The problem is if I had say 5 "box" classes... "box1", "Box2" etc

In my viewport if I turned on say 1,2 and 3, then double clicked on viewport and ticked the keep attributes box, I experience one of the following things.

One:

It take me to the design layer but all 5 are on.

Two:

It takes me to the design layer, 1,2 and 3 are on, 4 and 5 are off

But in the navigation panel it says all 5 are on or all 5 are off, or 1 is on others are off.

Now I know if I was using sheet layer viewports this would be fine because the navigation panel doesnt reflect what is happening in the edit mode of a sheet layer viewport and I can "exit viewport" to take me back to normal.

With a design layer viewport there is no "exit viewport" option so although sometimes the class visibilities work upon edit there is no way to get it back to normal.

Hope you can make sense of the above

[IanH]

Why don't you post a simple file with your 5 "box" classes.

I think that I see what you are seeing if the 'display using viewport attributes' box in edit viewport dialog is checked, but it works as you are expecting if it is not.

See attached.

Edited June 11, 2008 by IanH

[CS1]

Have attached a VW file.

Design Layer 1 contains the base information

Design Layer 2 contains viewport of DL1 with overrides

Design Layer 3 has screen shots of the steps I took and the outcome.

Edited June 11, 2008 by CS1

[IanH]

I think what is happening is correct, however, I think I noticed a bug which may confuse things.

You have selected 'Display using viewport attributes' in the 'Edit viewport' dialogue but not selected 'Use current documents class visibilities' under the 'Viewport class properties'. In this situation, the boxes visibilities are being controlled by the settings in the Viewport class properties dialog, which is why the navigation - classes panel does not reflect what you are seeing in the viewport. If you selected 'Use current documents class visibilities' under the viewport class properties dialogue, I think it will do what you are expecting.

When you edit the viewport, you are actually being taken to the design layer which is why the colour overrides are not being shown - its no longer a viewport, but the original objects.

However, there appears to be a bug/anomaly/inconsistency when used with your original settings. If you change from viewport to design layer, the objects on the design are still displayed using the viewport visibilities. In this case, the navigation pane will not reflect the true visibilities on the screen. 'Simply' toggling (ie visible/invisible in the case of invisible classes) the class visibility for each class in the class navigation pane will fix this.

But for things to work as you want, I think all you need to do is check the 'Use current documents class visibilities' under the 'Viewport class properties' box which will mean that your viewport visibilities will directly match the visibilities on the class navigation panel.