viewport problems... they are not saving the current view

[eleonard]

A co-worker came and presented a problem to me. Apparently this guy and another guy have the same problem.

Guy #1 created the original drawing in 2003 i'm not sure if it was in Map or in LDT. What guy #2 does is takes a drawing created in 2003 and does a save as. Detaches the current xref attached to that drawing and re-attaches the new xref. (mind you this sheet guy #2 uses comes from what ever project he feels good about, I don't know why but he is one of these that won't change) So once the new xref is attached the same viewport that was created in the original drawing is used, and then adjusted as needed, by zooming and rotating. They guy #2 saves the drawing and closes and then once re-opened the viewports were not saved as the last current view.
Any ideas on why this happens?

Personally I just wish that he would quit using an "old job" title block and viewports and start with a new drawing from a template that already has the title block placed in it. I would love to find justification on why he needs to change the way he creates new drawings, and not by using an old drawing.

Emily

[Mike.Perry]

They guy #2 saves the drawing and closes and then once re-opened the viewports were not saved as the last current view.
Any ideas on why this happens?Hi

What do they look like if they are not correctly displaying the last saved current view?

Are they Zoomed Extents?

Please supply more information or post an example drawing file that demonstrates the behaviour you have described above.

What happens if you start with a New Template file (ie. not the way guy #2 does), does the issue / problem exist then?

Have a good one, Mike

[Maverick91]

I'm guessing.

What is UCSFOLLOW set to in any or all of the drawings?

[eleonard]

I have check the ucsfollow and it is set propertly. What happens is that the veiwport apparently goes back to the original view that was in the original drawing. I personally have never had this problem. I start all my drawings from scratch. I use templates that already have my title block in them. I am convinced that the problem is a corupted viewport and that everybody needs to just use templates when creating new drawings.

I just have to get it though to these "old timers" that is what needs to happen. This guy has been with the company for about 20 years. He started on board drafting and he is stuck on the Acad R14 mode. Some of these people don't realize that the old methods just don't work that well anymore. This guy is also the SLOWEST drafter I have ever met. I would be supprized if he had enough drawing space because of all the toolbars that are open. Anyway.....

I have check everything that seems normal as far as setvars go.

Emily

[jaberwok]

Are the viewports locked?
Are they using named views?

[eleonard]

viewports are not locked and when I asked the guy if he was using named views I got the "deer in the headlights" look. Does that answer your question? I don't think that the veiwports are named views. He claims that this isn't a consistant problem. It just periodically happens.

[scott.wilcox]

Emily:

Just to double check, UCSFOLLOW is independent in each viewport and in modelspace, so make sure that UCSFOLLOW is 0 in the active viewport in question.

[Marv Muston]

Hi folks.
Does anyone know if you can set USCFOLLOW for ALL viewports.....ALL at the same time?? (instead of one-by-one)

Thanks!
marv

[Mike.Perry]

Does anyone know if you can set USCFOLLOW for ALL viewports.....ALL at the same time?? (instead of one-by-one)Hi

Maybe...

Using Logand for the first time (http://discussion.autodesk.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1108128) - via the Autodesk Discussion Groups.

Have a good one, Mike