Floating Viewport with a hole cut out...

[Mike.Perry]

Full credit goes to Michael Puckett at TheSwamp for this very tip / trick....

In paperspace ...

Start with the outside viewport boundary, make it a closed pline. Turn it into a region.

Make the interior boundary that is the island you don't want to be visible from another close pline. Turn into a region.

Subtract region #2 from region #1.

Turn resultant region into viewport via mview [enter] object ...

Walla...

[bbapties]

beats the old draw a C that bairley bairley doesnt touch.......

nice tip! thanks Mike....and Micheal Puckett

[david-k]

Full credit goes to Michael Puckett at TheSwamp for this very tip / trick....

I thbought I read this about 4 years ago on AutoCAD support site.

[Mike.Perry]

Additional information on this topic...

ID: TS32303 - Creating a viewport with a hole or island in it

ID: TP5565685 - Creating a circular viewport completely contained within a larger rectangular viewport

[Buffeldrek]

wow - great one

you just got to love those viewports

[Cadalack]

Visit this and take a look:- http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=10013

Another way to play!

Stephen

[sstadnyk2002]

How do you turn closed Polylines into viewports in AutoCAD 2007 LT?

After mview command and selecting them I am getting a message that it is not a vport.

Please help.

Sonia

[r424andy]

How do you turn closed Polylines into viewports in AutoCAD 2007 LT?

After mview command and selecting them I am getting a message that it is not a vport.

Please help.

Sonia

"vports" "o" for object

oops ...missed the LT...sry I do think you are out of luck

[sstadnyk2002]

I do not have "o" option in AutoCAD 2007 LT. Any other suggestions?

Sonia