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Hi, I have been creating elevation viewports, using them to help with conceptual design on an existing structure.  Every time I close the program, and then re-open it later, the modifications I made are there but not the viewport elevation.  How do I make these permanent?

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Under File > Document Settings > Document Preferences, on the ‘Display’ tab, check ‘Save Viewport Cache’.

 

This is a ‘per document’ setting, so you need to set it for every file. You can also make this setting the default by saving it to your template file.

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Thanks so much, that worked, but now I am trying to make the 2D elevation 3d, gothic arches are near impossible.  I tried a sweep but cannot get a gothic arch, only a barrel.  This is a try at extrude but it won't sit on the beam, I cannot just drag it where it need to be 3 dimensionally.  Any ideas??  Then I need to give it some volume also...I thought I might could sweep it on a line, making the line the arch??5ada4c2a7d1bb_ScreenShot2018-04-20at3_20_23PM.thumb.png.a1225adb51b19eaddc1508b7ffb1e2e9.png

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Here's a step by step how I would build the geometry of a gothic arch.

 

After going through all the steps I think I would recommend building it in Top/Plan view on its back, instead of in front view, and then switching to a side view and rotating it into the correct orientation. The user friendly nature of Top/Plan would make the process a little easier. The Sweep tool is one of those tools that prefers Top/Plan and working in Top/Plan would mitigate some of the alignment issues you're struggling with.

 

Kevin

 

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Gothic Arch Example.vwx

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