No drawing available in quick view layouts from template

[Daimyo]

Hello.

 

I am an AutoCAD newbie and I am currently having a problem at work:

 

In my AutoCAD LT 2009 I cannot use the layouts from our comapny templates to plot.

 

The reason is that even though the exact same layers are enabled in both the drawing and the layout window, almost nothing appears in the layout window. At best I see some text or a drawn line or two. Zooming to extents or in and out makes no difference - it seems like the drawing is simply not there ...

 

Our templates are A-4, A-3 and A-1 templates made for the 2000 and the 2006 versions, but this has never been a problem earlier with various versions of AutoCAD LT (2000, 2007, 2008 etc) ...

 

Again; I am a newbie and have little training in using AutoCAD, so the solution might be very simple ...

 

Best regards

Daimyo

[chulse]

This may be too simple an answer - but are these copied from another drawing? And are the viewports turned "on"?

[Daimyo]

Well, chulse, regarding whether or not the viewports are turned "on" or not; I am not sure.

 

I can use the various viewports that show me the layouts but when I double click the viewport to "enter the drawing" it seems the drawing is not there...

 

A small attempt at clarification: It only happens with one of the drawings (i.e. one customer project); the other ones are fine. See the viewport for the layout in the first picture - it represents the image in the drawing; in the second picture it does not. (And like I said when I enter the viewport to edit size etc for the actual plot/print then it contains nothing - like it links to a different drawing entirely.)

 

Edit: I cannot link images (yet) since I don't have 9 posts ... bah. So much for screenshots and imageshack, hehe.

Edit 2: And now I (like any good forum goer) actually read the sticky:

 

Good:

 

Bad:

 

I am sure this is happening due to my lack of knowledge and insight, as I am a newbie, but it is very annoying ...