rotate view problem

[gistek]

I had to drop out of the drafting/engineering tech field about 5 years ago and just got a job where I occasionally have to do some AutoCADD work. We use AutoDesk's Civil Series 2004.

I have been asked to create layouts for a dwg file received from our survey team.

I got everything done, paper size, border and title, polygonal viewport, and setting the scale . . . BUT

When I try to rotate the contents of the viewport it blinks into the correct angle then jumps back to the original scale and rotation.

I don't have this problem with any other drawings, so I'm fairly sure it's some sort of setting I'm missing. Any ideas?

 

[CarlAK]

Check viewport status, sounds like it's "locked". Access/change using "properties" dialogue box.

 

[gistek]

I checked that. The Viewport isn't locked.

I tried rotating in a locked view and got an error message, "Command unavailable in view-locked viewport."

I found a work-around, I inserted the dwg as a block into another dwg and exploded the block, but the other dwg has some layers I can't get rid of and won't plot the x-refed file.

I've tried to find some sort of "brush up" course, but all I can find is "earn a degree in" type courses. I already have a BA, so I can't take those type programs.

 

[CarlAK]

*possibly* it's the UCSFOLLOW variable, which is set from within each viewport. Set it to "0".
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UCSFOLLOW Display
Type: Integer
Saved in: Drawing (viewport specific)
Initial value: 0
Generates a plan view whenever you change from one UCS to another. Set UCSFOLLOW separately for each viewport. If UCSFOLLOW is on for a particular viewport, AutoCAD generates a plan view in that viewport whenever you change coordinate systems. Once the new UCS has been established, you can use DVIEW, PLAN, VIEW, or VPOINT to change the view of the drawing. It will change to a plan view again the next time you change coordinate systems.

0 UCS does not affect the view
1 Any UCS change causes a change to the plan view of the new UCS in the current viewport

The setting of UCSFOLLOW is maintained separately for paper space and model space and can be accessed in either, but the setting is ignored while in paper space (it is always treated as if set to 0). Although you can define a non-world UCS in paper space, the view remains in plan view to the world coordinate system.

 

[gistek]

Just checked that. It was set to 0, so I changed it to 1 and got the same results. Changed it back to 0 and still can't get the view to rotate.

I'm beginning to think there's a problem embedded in the dwg file. Some missing (or added) lisp.

I really appreciate you helping me with this. It's frustrating, I used to be really great at making AutoCAD and ArcView "sit up and beg" but 4 1/2 years of unemployment have left me in the dust.

 

[borgunit]

Hi,
I think you may want Mvsetup command. After typing it, you will want to Align and then rotate the viewport. It rotate the viewport but not it size (you will see what I'm talking about). You will have to resize the viewport afterwards. A caveat though, it is possible for those things to get accidentally set back to "normal".

 

[gistek]

That's the command sequence I've been using.

mvsetup
a
r
<pick a point>
<enter the degree of rotation>

then the view rotates for about 1 second and jumps back to the non rotated position

If I put the scale in first, or zoom so I'm not viewing extents through the viewport, mvsetup zooms the view to extents before I even enter "a" (for align)

I have received files from our survey crew and from PennDOT and this only happens in the files from our survey crew. It doesn't happen in the PennDOT files or in files I start from scratch.