AutoCAD: How to Fix Zoom Extents & Drawing Disappears! - 2 Minute Tuesday
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Hey Everybody,
Brandon here, back with a new 2 minute tuesday video! In todays video I go over a common issue and question I get about what happens when you zoom extents and all of your linework and drawing disapears!
This issue in autocad when you zoom extents and your drawing disappears, is actually a pretty common on, and luckily it's typically a really quick fix.
check out my go to fix for the issue in the video and make sure you let me know how it works for you!
Cheers and thanks for watching
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Your 2 Minute Tuesday just fixed my five minutes of swearing at the screen. Thanks. :)
That's awesome hah! Always happy to save some swearing and freakout time!
Cheers and thanks for watching
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You just saved me! Thank you! I literally freaked out when the drawing suddenly disappeared! I owe big to you! 😭
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! 😭😭😭 I have a deadline in a few hours and my drawing was almost finished when this happened to me and panicked for a good 30 mins. Good thing I found your video! You're a lifesaver thank you!
That's great! Glad it helped and best of luck with your project and deadline!
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOU DONT HAVE IDEA HOW THIS HELPED ME A LOT. I WAS STUCK IN A PROJECT AND NOW IT FIX. THANKS
Thank you so much. I was panicking and this reaaallly helped
Thanks Brandon. This problem always finds its way into my dwg's.
Hi Brandon, my issue with the zoom extents is that the background disappears outside of the zoom extent window. In other words, when I zoom extent, the drawing in model space disappears but is just above the window. I have all my layers turned on and xclip is off so everything should be showing.
I have a question someone sent me a template and I cant see the content sent to me on the page tab. I have the layers and they are viewable, but I cant get them to show up actually on the page. Any thoughts? THANKSS!
I had a design to prepare for a client and was using a template. I couldn't fix my viewport extent for my drawing. Your 2 Minute Tuesday just fixed my hours of frustrations.
that's awesome! Glad it helps and thanks so much for watching and the comment!
Thank you. This finally solved the headache i had for days.
Thanks for this, but mine is different. The drawings are visible on the layouts but not showing on the model. Can't seem to find a video to rectify it. I tried yours but it isn't working for my case. Don't know if you tell me how to restore the drawings from layouts to Model. Thanks
Select -> All;
did not work in my case. Mine was a little drawing I was trying to adjust. And like you said, a block object at a very distant coordinate point was the cause. I deleted the object from viewport and double-tapped the mouse wheel to zoom extent and it worked.
Thank you, thank you for the teaching. Could you pls show how to clip and unclip axis lines in AutoCad like you can do it in Revit.
Hyy brandon can you please help me to fix my problem..
Every drawing which i draw is very small and i need to zoom it many times but in other videos the drawing was already zoomed and joints and objects are cleared..plz help me
I think there is a problem of some units etc
And if you get the msg "40 objects are not in current area" when you do z e. what then?
You saved my day after I lost all my night trying to figure out why I couldn't draw a line ( zero length line created at coordinates (7.8E-37, 8.6E+48 , 0) (very weird drawing coordinates were showing). Simply followed your instruction to select all and delete all
then zoom extent. now I get the normal 99958.3, 4405.4,0)
I was injured on the job about a month ago and since I've been tasked with basically teaching myself autocad 2017. One of the biggest issues I'm having is when it zooms everything disappears like in the video. I tried your fix and it didn't help. Is there a way to set the drawing limits or something so it will only go so far?
Thank you! That did not solve my complete problem but it made a HUGE improvement! You were right.... it was tiny little mysterious blocks way in the background. I am flagging this vid and subscribing!
Glad it helped at least a bit! Thanks for watching and the sub!
Cheers
Thanks for your video. But I have a different problem. I couldn't find the plumbing fittings when I tried to drag one symbol such as Hose Bib into my CAD MEP drawing. They are totally invisible, including all other fitting symbols. Don't know if you happened to know any clue about it. Thanks!
I have a problem in drawing a circle on autocad 2010. The circle is displayed so large without selecting any scale while the properties show the right diameter and the scale is 1.0000 . So, pls can you help me solving this problem ? I appreciate.
Thanks. my drawing started zooming in one axis direction when I scroll the mouse. I don't know how to go back to all direction zoom
zoom -> extends This is awesome, thanks a lot man 💪👌
dear Brandon, when we zoom in or out in model space while working, some of objects disappear suddenly but not whole drawing, how can we solve it? I couldnt find what i should write on youtube....
Hey thanks bro!!! This video really helped
thank you for that! it was driving me mental. i think it's fixed!
Hi, if you can I would appreciate some tips on working in 3D … specifically working with UCS … also basic tips and tricks for 3D
IF WE CANT SEE THAT POINT ALSO MEANS I CANT SEE ANY OTHER LINE OR OBJECT OR LINE TO DELETE HOW SHOULD I FIX IT
OMG! super useful. Thank you so much!
Yoe really helped to find my losted project 😂
Thank you
Thank you so much! This saved my project...
Hi Brandon. I have a similar problem with Zoom-E showing center marks (as points) far outside the dwg object because of a rarge radius arcs, althouth the centermarks are set to NONE on Dim Style. What's the solution in this case?
Thank you man! Really helpful
Excellent, it worked. Thankyou.
THANK YOU !!!! IVE BEEN DYING HERE !!!!
Heyy can you help me, I'm beginner in autocad, i need to practice because we use it in school but the problem is, everytime I draw on a specific scale like for example 12ft, but when I do I need to zoom because it's so small that i can't put it in the grids, it's so frustrating, because i want to draw on a grid with the accurate scale that want
when, i do move with shift+mouse middle bottom, all matter got dissapier, why?
Thanks! It helps. Keep it up!
You just saved me! Thank you!
Thanks Brandon but my cad shows "2 were not in current space"
Thanks for sorting this out.
after SELECT - ALL, sometimes we get command prompt as 6 are not in current space. what to do in such cases?
Hey Brandon, don't know how to contact you besides this. I am not able to measure distance. It shows a ? Next to the cursor. New to all this, love your videos!
I really liked it! Regards from Serbia
I followed your steps, however there was no objects for me to delete, still having the same issues please let me know
Thanks bro, I got that issue. I thought I was a fool, but at least someone cares about the CAD dummies
you saved my life. thanks man
Happy to help!
Thanks for watching and the comment
Thank you, thank you, thank you! That was very helpful!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching and glad I could help:)!
It's say 1found but I can't find, how thanks
Thank you! It helped me.
Thank you so much!! I am a new autoCAD user and was facing the same issue with the command ZOOM -> ALL and after applying this it got fixed and since the video is pretty old, I guess shouldn't the autodesk team have removed this bug from this software....anyways, thank you once again.
you just saved my life man
Mr. Brandon ...You're GREAT ...Thanks Friend!!!
Thanks!
My man thanks a lot really was struggling with this XD
I have tried it but it does not work. It sais it found one object but I cannot see it or delete it. I can see my drawing on layouts but not on model
TY dude i deleted some speck and its working great iou 1
Thank you so so so muchhh😌🙏
Thanks a lot. You solved my problem. God bless you.
Not a problem, glad it helped!
I need your help. My drawing just desappeared
Thankz its very help full
tnx man
ur tutorial saved my life.
Awesome!
Thanks for watching!
What to do if it says 49 found but still cant find it.
Thanks a lot bro!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
very helpful. Thanks
You're my saver, I thought lost my drawings lol
How to zoom out in cad 2013
It causing larger diagrams
Thank you doo much😭 ❤️❤️❤️❤️
thanks for the help
solved my problem!!! thanks
Watching this on a Tuesday
Finally
thanku so much man!!!!!!!! u are a saviour
love from india
Cheers! Glad I could help!
why does the drawing is showed only in the layout and not in the model
thank you!!!
Thanks Man!!!
Thanks i really appreciate
Thank you foe recovering back my drawings. For a sec I thought i lost it.
excellent....thanks
This didnt fix my problem as i always pick my insertion point. My issue is the fact once i zoom extents i cant zoom back in to smaller details & parts. Do you have a solution on this?
Hey I didn't find my floor plan I'm so supid I think I lost it cannot find it
I DIDNT GET YOU STILL FACING SAME PROBLEM SELECT ENTER TYPE ALL ENTER THEN ENTER DO NOT WORKS WITH ME
select / enter all/ enter enter.....is not working autocad 2020 ?
Omg saved my 2 hours work... 😭😭😭
Awesome! Always happy when one of my videos can save some time or lost work!
Thanks for watching and commenting
Very helpful thx
Awesome man
I want to clear one thing, In autocad3d the objects was disappeared while im zooming out😶yy can anyone clear this??
How to enable WCS
Great! It works ❤
And how to solve the same issue if it's not a top view, but a side one?
I'll add into the mix what might be some secret sauce, and which I hope will help some of those who've tried all these very helpful hints from Brandon, and all the other offered solutions, but are still having issues.
It centres around Hatching [you know, that critical part of AutoCAD that Autodesk STILL hasn't fully sorted after 40yrs of development]. And there are two main issues I've discovered over the years which can cause hell in your drawing:
*Hatch Origin*
Ensure the origin for all Hatches is set to somewhere within your drawing work (not necessarily 0,0, as this might be miles away from your drawn geometry).
1. Choose a point in the middle of your drawing work. Note down the X and Y coordinates. If you can find see them: ID > Enter > Choose a point to be the origin (X and Y coords will be shown on screen and/or on command line).
2. Right Click (in blank space) > Quick Select > Object Type > Hatch > Operator > Select All > OK (now all Hatch's should be selected)
3. Properties Palette > Origin X (add X coord noted) > Origin Y (add Y coord noted)
4. Zoom Extents (Z > E) to see if this has resolved the issue. If not, try the next step.
[As an aside, you can get very strange results from some detailed Hatch patterns when the origin is miles away. The above process can help to solve that issue also.]
*Hatch Boundary*
Ensure the boundary that was used to create any hatch (or even a tiny portion of a hatch) was not formed using Splines, even if it was a single line within the boundary. If it was, this can cause untold issues, although some use Spines for this without issues.
There's a bit of trial and error in this, and not all stages will likely apply.
1. Do a Save As to create a backup copy, just in case
2. If you don't have hundreds of separate hatches, or know which is definitely the culprit: Select a single hatch entity > Delete > Z > E
3. If it fixes the issue, you have your culprit (go to 5.) If not, continue to do individually delete hatch entities and Zoom Extents, and this results in just your drawing work showing on screen as required. You now which Hatch entity is causing the issue
4. Undo / Ctrl-Z until you get back to the start of the process as point 1. above
5. Then, Hatchedit > Select offending Hatch > Recreate Boundary (Use Polyline option) > OK
6. Boundary now recreated, but not all parts will be polylines, as the Spline boundary elements will still be recreated
7. Select offending Spline > Right-Click > Spline > Convert to Polyline > Precision (I use 1 to keep Vertex numbers low as poss)
8. Repeat this for all of the separate Spline entities which formed the boundary
9. Once they're all Polylines, I usually Join them together, but this isn't essential
10. Join > Select all boundary polylines > Enter
11. Note: If you're recreating a Solid Hatch, the polyline boundary needs to be closed: Select boundary Polyline > Properties Palette > Misc > Closed > Yes (if set to No)
12. Hatchedit > Select the offending Hatch > Remove boundaries (as it remembers the previous Spline-infected boundary) > Select old boundary > Add: Select objects > Pick new all-Polyline boundary > OK
13. Zoom Extents (Z > E) to see if this has resolved the issue.
14. If not, sorry, I'm all out of ideas.
Finding these issues out through grinding trial and error a few years back, and on a drawing I was simply not just going to leave in a mess, has proved to be time well spent as it's been a game changer at times, and a huge time-saver. Just wish I discovered this years ago, I might have more hair now.
Hope this helps.
good one , thank you
Thanks for watching, glad it helped
Oh my LORD, THANK YOU!
Not a problem! Glad I could help out
Thanks for watching, cheers!
Bless your soul
Hey Brandon
Thanks Brandon
Not a problem, glad it helped!
Bless you
Thanks :)
Thanks
zoom extents for the win.Thanks
Cheers!