viewport camera

[Phil hunt]

when i set a camera view and then create a viewport it used to say do you want to use this camera view for the viewport, this does not seem to happen any more

do i need to set this in a preference setting, or do you think this may be a fault in the system

thanks

[barkest]

It will only say it if you are looking through the camera when you: View > Create Viewport.

If you have the camera selected but you are not looking through it then the dialogue box will not appear

[Phil hunt]

have tried that and although it takes me to the viewport it doesn't give me the option to link the camera

i have archived the same file and opened it in V13 and it does give me the option to link the camera view even when not looking through the camera but choosing it in plan view

strange

[Phil hunt]

this is a test file in V14 with a viewport from a camera and again from a new file it did not give me the option to link a camera view

[barkest]

Hi Phil,

works fine here

[Phil hunt]

this is what i get.....

i am wondering if i have to do a checkbox somewhere....its just strange that it works ok in V13

[PVA - Admin]

It is possible you checked the box for "Always do this..." and then selected No the last time the dialogue appeared. To see if that is the problem, you can reset those dialogues under Tools > Options > Vectorworks Preferences > Session > Reset Saved Settings, check only the "Always do selected action" option and click OK.

That should reset the dialogues so they will ask you again if you want to perform operations like linking viewports to cameras and use selected geometry for viewport crops, etc.

[Phil hunt]

brilliant jim many thanks

[Phil hunt]

Just a thought with this menu command so well hidden I am trying to rack my brain how I could have checked the box mentioned by Jim does this default when you download a new service pack upgrade

[PVA - Admin]

I don't think so, but it happens to many of my users from time to time. I'ts very easy for a user to just click "never ask me again" as an automatic reaction to various dialogues, since there are so many first-time alerts.

I haven't come across it personally, but I reset my preferences to the stock defaults so many times during the day to test various issues that I would never notice if I did.

[Phil hunt]

Thanks Jim I'll certainly look out for this in the future,

thanks again