It's Tuesday so it must be time for another AutoCAD Tip! This week's video tip is focused on Layer Properties per Viewport.
Before AutoCAD 2008, if you wanted an object to display in two different colors in two different viewports you were in for many tedious steps to get that to happen. You'd probably make a copy of that object - copy it to a different layer and then assign the second color to the object. Flip the layers on and off in each viewport to get the correct colored object and Voila! That's lots of work for such a simple task.
AutoCAD 2008 introducted the fabulous new VPCOLOR column in the Layer Manager (along with VPLinetype and VPLineweight). This new column allowed you to assign colors per viewport and that was huge! Watch this week's Cadalyst Tips and Tricks video to see it in action!
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