Viewports

[AndyM]

So I just got my shiny new Venctorworks 11 upgrade today and I'm trying to get my head around these viewports. I was never an AutoCad user so I have never used them before. I have a drawing with 2 layers one is a title block at 1:1 and the other is the drawing at 1/4". What I want to do is use viewports to have a page at 11"x17" with the titleblock and drawing at the correct place and scale and show a small section of the drawing at a larger scale on the same sheet. I would also like to do the same for 24"x36". Currently my title block is tiny even though it is at 1:1 scale. Can someone please shed some light on how to go about this?

Many thanks!

[AndyM]

OK OK OK - I figured it out. You have to have a different vieport for every layer that you want to show at a different scale. This is a very handy new feature, thanks so much for adding it.

[CipesDesign]

Andy, that is one way to do it. But there are also others. One is to make your tiltle block into a symbol at 1:1 scale (the same scalr as the new "sheet layers"). Another is to use the "old" way, which will still work in version 11. Other people can probably add to this list.

Peter

[Jonathan Pickup]

Try to reduce the number of layers that you use. If you want a floor pland @ 1:100 and an enlarged area of part of that plan at 1:50, then you only need one design layer.

On the sheet layer you can make two viewports, one at 1:100, one at 1:50. the two viewports can show the same design layer at different scales.

My recommendation is to use the title block as a 1:1 scale on the sheet layer.