Assiging Colors in Viewports

[Luke_W]

I have a question regarding using different viewports in paperspace. I have created several different viewports in paperspace and now I am trying to change the colors in the different viewports to show my drawing differently. For example, I have a square in viewport a and I want that to plot out normal but in viewport b I want to change the colors of the square to plot out screened.
Also is there a way to assign different plotting style to a viewport?
Please help.

[Opie]

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[Opie]

That functionality is not currently available in that fashion at this time. You would need to most likely save this file and then reference it into another file the number of different viewports you are trying to use. You would then be able to make the needed changes to the referenced layers.

[ccowgill]

You could do that if you set up your viewports in different layout tabs, as opposed to different drawings. there is a program out there somewhere called LOSWITCH, it lets you set up layer states for each tab that you are on and automatically changes layer states when you switch tabs (the layer states have the same name as the tabs you create) I am not sure where it is. It could be here, at dotsoft.com, or at catalyst.com

[H-Angus]

Another work around would be to have multiple objects on different layers and have the layers turned on/off accordingly.

eg. In model space you have two identical squares on top of each other, one on layer 1 and the other on layer 2. Each layer being set up to print how you want. Then set up your viewports to only show the layers you want to see.

Hope this makes sense.

Steve