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Drawing View Extents ... got huge

Drawing View Extents ... got huge

Drawing View Extents ... got huge

(OP)
SW2009 0.0.

I was editing a part in context at the time, I think, and had a drawing of the assembly open.

I got confused about whether I was in part edit or in assembly, and somehow zoomed way in on the part.

Thereafter, and it may not even be related, the four views on sheet 1 of the drawing of the assembly got their 'extents' moved way out, some horizontally, some vertically.  So when you click on a view, you get a red or green rectangle, but in one direction it goes _way_ offscreen.  

If you then hit the 'F' key to 'zoom extents' on the drawing, the drawing becomes a tiny dot in the center of the screen.  You can then roll in to get the drawing to a reasonable size, and at some point intermediate between the dot and the drawing, you can get one of the view perimeters to show as a red or green rectangle of normal proportions, but greatly magnified.

Is there a way to grab the view perimeter and shrink it to a normal size, or another way to fix it?

Thanks.
 

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

RE: Drawing View Extents ... got huge

Are you sure you don't have something floating off in space in the assembly? If you zoom to fit in the assembly does it appear correctly?
Check, too, to make sure that you don't have a dangling annotation somewhere in the drawing. This can cause the extents to act as you're seeing.  

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP, Certified DriveWorks AE
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RE: Drawing View Extents ... got huge

I get this on occasion, especially if I have a drawing view that is cropped or that is referencing a configuration which omits a large section of my assembly.

Typically i fix this by ctrl-q'ing both drawing and assy.  sometimes you gotta save, close everything out and then come back in.

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RE: Drawing View Extents ... got huge

(OP)
I had somehow generated a circle of >39,000" diameter in a sketch in a model of a beam that's part of the assembly.

Removed that, and everything went back to normal.

Many, many thanks.

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Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

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