Xref not showing up in viewport (Fix it now 100%) Apr’24

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Why is my Xref not showing up in viewport?

Xref not showing up in the viewport because the layers may be frozen & rendering them invisible.

follow below simple steps below to solve this problem:

1. First of all take the problematic viewport open and type “VPLAYER” in the Command line & press Enter.

2. Then You will see several options in the Command line. Type “T” for Thaw & press the Enter key.

3. The layers will now be visible.

How do you make XREF more visible?

Follow bellow simple steps below to make XREF more visible

1. First of all, open the “Options” dialogue box in AutoCAD.

2. Then choose the Display tab. Which is Located at the bottom-right of the dialogue box.

3. You can see there is an option called “Fade Control“. 

4. You have to just adjust the slide bar labeled “Xref display” to control the intensity of the Xref fade.

Keep note: Type op & press enter key to access the Options Dialogue box fast.

Lock and Unlock the viewport in AutoCAD

To unlock the viewport Follow these four steps.

1. First of all, you just have to select viewport.
2. Then just right-click.
3. After that, you just select the properties.
4. Now you have to decide which function you have to use here whether it is Lock or Unlock.

Read More: Introduction to AutoCAD. and How to use the AutoCAD command line.

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