Viewport Locked Up

[corvette63]

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!

 

[IFRs]

on the comman dline does VPort Unlock * help?

 

[corvette63]

The command line wont accept vport unlock?

 

[smcadman]

Right-click the vport > Display Locked > No.

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

Flores

 

[IFRs]

smcadman has it right. MView L Off *

 

[corvette63]

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.

 

[IFRs]

was the viewport on layer defpoints?

 

[corvette63]

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

 

[IFRs]

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?

 

[CDH]

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.

 

[smcadman]

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