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    Default Lisp need to make a viewport to a given scale

    Hello everyone,

    I am looking for a lisp that will make a viewport on a new nonplot layer name VIEW-FRME, layer color 12, ask me to input the scale of the viewport i.e. 96 for 1/8"=1'-0", 120 for 1"-10', etc., and then ask if I would like to lock it.

    Scales needed:

    2 for 6"=1'-0"
    3 for 4"=1'-0"
    4 for 3"=1'-0"
    6 for 2"=1'-0"
    8 for 1 1/2"=1'-0"
    12 for 1"=1'-0"
    16 for 3/4"=1'-0"
    24 for 1/2"=1'-0"
    32 for 3/8"=1'-0"
    48 for 1/4"=1'-0"
    96 for 1/8"=1'-0"
    192 for 1/16"=1'-0"

    120 for 1"-10'
    240 for 1"-20'
    360 for 1"-30'
    480 for 1"-40'
    600 for 1"-50'
    720 for 1"-60'
    840 for 1"-70'
    960 for 1"-80'
    1080 for 1"-90'
    1200 for 1"-100'
    1440 for 1"-120'
    2400 for 1"-200'

    Thanks so much.
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    Default Re: Lisp need to make a viewport to a given scale

    You could simply use:
    Zoom 1/2xp for 6"=1'-0"
    Zoom 1/16xp for 3/4"=1'-0"
    Zoom 1/48xp for 1/4"=1'-0"
    Zoom 1/240xp for 1"-20'
    Zoom 1/720xp for 1"-60'

    I've never seen Engineering Scales using inches as a base. Normally Zoom 1/20xp is used for 1"-20'. They don't make Engineering Scales with 1"-70', 1"-80', or 1"-90' on them either. Why even plot a scale nobody could use?

    Why not just pick the Viewport Scale from the Status Bar? I use Jimmy Bergmark's PersonalMtextSymbols.lsp to both add "\\MTEXT\\Symbols" and modify the "\\Scale List" of the current profile, but add a new profile for testing it out so if it doesn't work out you can simply delete it. There's other ways like setting them in your template files, but that's the quickest I've found.

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