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Identify and remove viewport overrides.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
3 min.
Transcript
00:03
To further demonstrate the independence of viewport settings.
00:06
Let's now activate the floor plan viewport
00:10
in the layer palette change the VP color of layer a
00:13
floor
00:14
A
00:15
to be red.
00:16
You'll see it change in two places in the overall plan viewport
00:20
but not in the enlarged plan do the same for the layer named a
00:24
door. These independent settings we've just made are called Viewport overrides
00:29
and they can be viewed and managed from the layer properties palette
00:32
to demonstrate this,
00:33
let's first activate paper space by typing in PS and enter on the command line.
00:39
Your active viewport will deactivate
00:41
a door should still be highlighted
00:43
single click on layer zero to change the highlight.
00:47
Please notice that there are now the two standard entries in
00:50
the filters tree of the pallet all and all used layers.
00:54
Let's reactivate the enlarged plan viewport by double clicking within it.
00:58
You'll now notice a new entry in the filters list called Viewport overrides.
01:03
This entry is also how you know that a
01:05
Viewport contains overrides as if the viewport does not.
01:09
This entry won't appear in the tree.
01:11
Click on the VP overrides filter,
01:13
the layer list will change to show only the layers that have any layer overrides
01:18
the names and overridden properties will be highlighted.
01:22
Please note
01:22
that Autocad does not consider a VP freeze to be an override.
01:27
But color line type line weight and transparency are
01:31
right. Click on the overrides filter to display its pop up menu.
01:35
Here you can change the visibility lock status viewport free saw
01:39
settings or isolation of all override controls in that viewport,
01:43
I'll press cancel to dismiss the pop up menu.
01:46
Let's click now on the all filter to show all layers
01:50
single click on layer zero again to highlight it.
01:54
Here, you have a couple of visual cues as well
01:57
that tell you that there are Viewport overridden layers in your active viewport.
02:02
You'll see that a
02:03
door and a
02:04
floor
02:05
A
02:05
L are highlighted status icon is changed to indicate they have overrides
02:10
and the overridden properties are highlighted as well.
02:14
You can turn this highlighting off by
02:16
clicking on the toggle override highlight icon
02:19
in the upper right corner of the palette.
02:21
These will not appear if no Viewport is active,
02:24
I'll quickly change the paper space
02:26
and you'll see these icons and highlights go away.
02:29
When I reactivate the viewport, they'll return
02:32
right click anywhere on the layer list.
02:35
This will display the standard layer tools pop up
02:37
menu where you can do all kinds of things.
02:39
Since we have overrides,
02:41
the remove Viewport overrides for menu item is activated
02:45
hover over the menu item to expand the flyout menus.
02:49
You can remove overrides from your selected layers
02:51
in the current viewport only or in all views
02:54
or
02:55
you can have the same two options that you can apply to all layers.
02:59
Let's remove the color overrides we made by selecting all layers in all views.
03:03
Notice
03:04
that the viewport S override filter is also removed.
Video transcript
00:03
To further demonstrate the independence of viewport settings.
00:06
Let's now activate the floor plan viewport
00:10
in the layer palette change the VP color of layer a
00:13
floor
00:14
A
00:15
to be red.
00:16
You'll see it change in two places in the overall plan viewport
00:20
but not in the enlarged plan do the same for the layer named a
00:24
door. These independent settings we've just made are called Viewport overrides
00:29
and they can be viewed and managed from the layer properties palette
00:32
to demonstrate this,
00:33
let's first activate paper space by typing in PS and enter on the command line.
00:39
Your active viewport will deactivate
00:41
a door should still be highlighted
00:43
single click on layer zero to change the highlight.
00:47
Please notice that there are now the two standard entries in
00:50
the filters tree of the pallet all and all used layers.
00:54
Let's reactivate the enlarged plan viewport by double clicking within it.
00:58
You'll now notice a new entry in the filters list called Viewport overrides.
01:03
This entry is also how you know that a
01:05
Viewport contains overrides as if the viewport does not.
01:09
This entry won't appear in the tree.
01:11
Click on the VP overrides filter,
01:13
the layer list will change to show only the layers that have any layer overrides
01:18
the names and overridden properties will be highlighted.
01:22
Please note
01:22
that Autocad does not consider a VP freeze to be an override.
01:27
But color line type line weight and transparency are
01:31
right. Click on the overrides filter to display its pop up menu.
01:35
Here you can change the visibility lock status viewport free saw
01:39
settings or isolation of all override controls in that viewport,
01:43
I'll press cancel to dismiss the pop up menu.
01:46
Let's click now on the all filter to show all layers
01:50
single click on layer zero again to highlight it.
01:54
Here, you have a couple of visual cues as well
01:57
that tell you that there are Viewport overridden layers in your active viewport.
02:02
You'll see that a
02:03
door and a
02:04
floor
02:05
A
02:05
L are highlighted status icon is changed to indicate they have overrides
02:10
and the overridden properties are highlighted as well.
02:14
You can turn this highlighting off by
02:16
clicking on the toggle override highlight icon
02:19
in the upper right corner of the palette.
02:21
These will not appear if no Viewport is active,
02:24
I'll quickly change the paper space
02:26
and you'll see these icons and highlights go away.
02:29
When I reactivate the viewport, they'll return
02:32
right click anywhere on the layer list.
02:35
This will display the standard layer tools pop up
02:37
menu where you can do all kinds of things.
02:39
Since we have overrides,
02:41
the remove Viewport overrides for menu item is activated
02:45
hover over the menu item to expand the flyout menus.
02:49
You can remove overrides from your selected layers
02:51
in the current viewport only or in all views
02:54
or
02:55
you can have the same two options that you can apply to all layers.
02:59
Let's remove the color overrides we made by selecting all layers in all views.
03:03
Notice
03:04
that the viewport S override filter is also removed.
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