Quickly Make a new Viewport

Posted on June 29, 2011 by AutoCAD Tips

Here is a quick tip to quickly make a new paper space viewport.

Set the layer to what you want the viewport frame to be on. It is best to use a designated layer for viewports that are set to not plot. Please don’t use the layer “DEFPOINTS” for viewports. You may run into some weird issues. For an example of what issue can arise from using DEFPOINTS on objects, see this post:
https://autocadtips.wordpress.com/2014/09/05/issues-with-using-defpoints-for-viewports/

Below is an example of a few layers in the “Layer Manager”. Notice that the “Viewport” layer is set to not plot.

Layer for Viewports set to not plot

While in “Paper Space” is active (Layout1) Go to the “Layout” tab on the ribbon > “Layout Viewports” panel > –VPORTS tools (big button tool)

Layout Viewports of the ribbon

The command -VPORTS  or by using the tool on the ribbon you will have options like making a polygon or selecting an object such a closed polyline, circle or ellipse to be the shape of the viewport. If you don’t need these options, you can quickly use the command alias MV <enter> and then pick 2 points to define a rectangle and your viewport is made…

~enjoy

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8 Responses to Quickly Make a new Viewport

  1. Jason says:
    June 25, 2012 at 11:08 AM

    Thanks for posting this. Huge help as I’m used to “old” AutoCAD versions.

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    • The Dean says:
      June 17, 2015 at 8:17 AM

      in the upper ribbon where you can open/save/saveas etc etc. you can change it to look like AutoCAD classic.

      Reply
  2. me says:
    September 4, 2014 at 8:12 AM

    Dont ever draw on or manipulate or erase defpoints!

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  3. Darius says:
    January 22, 2015 at 1:01 AM

    Thank you!

    Reply
  4. BUNMI says:
    November 8, 2015 at 7:09 AM

    From my understanding,I think viewport is also use to scale drawing before plotting? Please speake on this. As I want to use viewport for my students in the next class at http://www.nairapoint.com .

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  5. Benja says:
    May 12, 2016 at 4:51 PM

    Thank you for the solution to show new viewports!! I was searching for the solutions a couple of hours.

    Reply

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