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Viewport Locked Up

Viewport Locked Up

Viewport Locked Up

(OP)
I am running CAD 2000.  I have a viewport into model space on my drawing.  For some reason I can't get to the properties command for the viewport.  I can'y unlock the viewport to change the scale or to adjust the area being viewed.  Help!

RE: Viewport Locked Up

on the comman dline does VPort Unlock * help?

RE: Viewport Locked Up

(OP)
The command line wont accept vport unlock?  

RE: Viewport Locked Up

Right-click the vport > Display Locked > No.  

The long way at the command line: mview > l (for lock) > off > pick vport.

Flores

RE: Viewport Locked Up

smcadman has it right.  MView L Off *

RE: Viewport Locked Up

(OP)
I don't know.  It is like there is not a viewport anymore and model space is what is showing up on the drawing with the scale frozen.  I was recreated the drawing with a new viewport and it seems to be ok.  Still would like to know what happened.

RE: Viewport Locked Up

was the viewport on layer defpoints?

RE: Viewport Locked Up

(OP)
Don't know how to check to see if on defpoints?

RE: Viewport Locked Up

Let's start at the beginning.
In AutoCAD R2000.
In paper space.
Can you right- or left- click the viewport border?
If so, can your right-click and scroll down to select properties?
Or, can you left-click it to select it and then look on the layer pulldown on the top of the screen to see what layer it is on?

RE: Viewport Locked Up

Make sure the actual viewport isn't on a layer that is frozen, turned off or locked.  If it is, you won't be able to select it to do anything with it.

RE: Viewport Locked Up

Sometimes you have to know when to cut-n-run.  If you spent more than 30 minutes on this, it probably would have been quicker to delete the vport, make a new one, and re-dimension and anotate.

just my 2 cents worth...

Flores

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