Robert Newton Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Morning guys, I am new here and have a problem some of you may have encountered. When I click enter or save the drawing gets little tiny and jumps up in the upper left corner. It does it over and over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 (edited) Sounds like you have some far flung objects in the drawing. Can you attach a copy of the drawing to your next post so we can have a look at it? We need a .dwg file not an image file. Thanks. Where did you go? Is the problem confined to just this one particular drawing or do you experience the same problem in other drawings? Edited January 6, 2017 by ReMark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Newton Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 It is hard to see but it should be in the upper left corner (little tiny just below the coordinates symbol) Just start panning and it should come into view. Sure hope u can get me fixed and thanks for your help 1st Attempt 3D Model.2dwg.dwg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 See if this version works any better for you. 1st 3D Model.dwg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Newton Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 ReMark can you tell me what u did, what I did to cause it, how to prevent it from happening again and lastly how to correct it if it DOES happen again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 I think you just got a little disoriented. I noticed that your limits were set to something like 34'-0"x24'-0" and that 0,0,0 was way off from your geometry. By the way, when you saved your drawing why did you name it...1st Attempt 3D Model.2D dwg? It's the part in bold black that has me curious. I fixed the drawing by reducing the limits and moving the geometry closer to 0,0,0. If it had been any worse I probably would have just WBlocked out all the good entities and saved it as a new drawing or copy/paste those entities into a new drawing and left any anomalies behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Newton Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 The first drawing was '1st attempt 3D' In attempt to get it fixed I did a save as and renamed it. Sometime when u have time you can share with me as to how to set the limits. I guess the thing that puzzled me most is why it was not saving it as I was seeing it on the screen ---- still puzzled on that, even though u told me what u did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 You can set the limits via the command line. I usually don't bother with the command. Let's just say you somehow ended up working out in left field and above a Z of 0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Newton Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 ReMark it is doing it again but now when I click enter or save the drawing it getting tiny and going to the bottom of the screen. Limits are still set at Zero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 ReMark it is doing it again but now when I click enter or save the drawing it getting tiny and going to the bottom of the screen. Limits are still set at Zero. Welcome to CADTutor Robert. Can you post the .dwg? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Newton Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 The top one is the one ReMark sent me back after he set the limits to zero. Something is still not right about it --- when I do zoom extents it disappears also. 1st 3D Model.dwg 1st Attempt 3D Model.2dwg.dwg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Newton Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 Dadgad, I sent the dwg. but I don't see it; let me know if it doesn't show up and I will try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Newton Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 I am really confused--- I have replied twice (this being the 3rd time) and still don't see he posts anywhere --- guess they are still in cyberspace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 I don't know why this is happening with your drawing file, but if you switch to Wireframe before saving it stops this from happening. From some reason Realistic and Shaded visual styles are causing the drawing to jump around when saving. Since I don't know why this is happening, I don't know how to stop it from happening. As a workaround, you could use a custom lisp routine like the one below that will switch to wireframe visual style, save, and then switch back to shaded visual style. Just load it and type SS at the command line to run it. (defun c:ss ()(command "vscurrent" "2") (command "qsave") (command "vscurrent" "s") (princ) ) By the way, all 3 of your posts are there. You may need to refresh your browser to see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 I am really confused--- I have replied twice (this being the 3rd time) and still don't see he posts anywhere --- guess they are still in cyberspace. Being new to the forum, your posts are subject to Moderation, which is why they might not immediately show on the forum. Based on Cad64's observations, I tried to ZOOM Extents, as well as ZOOM All, in the Shaded visual style, and had similar results to yours. I then changed the visual style to 2D Wireframe, which is the one I typically use when modeling, after which both of the ZOOM options produced satisfactory (meaning, as expected) results. Sounds like Cad has got you sorted out now though, or you can just switch to 2DWireframe visual style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Newton Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 Thanks for all your help:? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 An extra in the dwg 1st 3d model you have a block definition way out out there on right side, Like Remark its good practice to draw at 0,0 We draw all our blocks based on 0,0 so no insertion problems, I found it by just doing a purge, but you really need to find the block causing the problem. We had a couple of real old Library blocks and the new guy found the insertion point was wrong others just moved them a bit as it was a tree block, so we moved to 0,0 and problem was fixed, we work normally in real world co-ords 279123.456,5777456.123 just to confuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Newton Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 BIGAL, There may be block on the drawing but it is not one I put there, all these years I been doing Auto Cad have never made or inserted a block, so I don't have a clue as to how to find it. Will my dwg. do better by working in those coordinates and is that the same as limits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Ok, after playing around with your file a bit more, I found the problem. Type UCSFOLLOW at the command prompt and change the value to 0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Newton Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 It was already at 0 but I changed it to 0 just to make sure. The drawing still gets little tiny toward the bottom when I do zoom extents. Thanks Cad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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