TARGET System Variable

I have an application... however, a particular drawing has the variable
TARGET set to something other than 0,0,0 in modelspace, and this throws my
application off my the exact distance reported by this TARGET value...

What is this variable? What sets it, and how can it be reset?... it shows
that it is a Read only variable according to the docs....



Thanks for any help!

 

That variable has to do with setting the camera view for perspective view in
3d models. Look into the Dview command and CAmera options

Murph

 

Since Target can be a property of a View, maybe you can create a View and
restore it via SetView.

 

Martin,

I've had the same problem in the past. The (trans) function can get all
screwed up.

To reset TARGET to 0,0,0

(defun c:reset_target ()
(command "_.DVIEW" "" "_PO" '(0 0 0) '(0 0 1) "_X"))

-David

 

TARGET is the coordinates for the center of your current view.

 

Not really.

Stores the location (as a UCS coordinate) of the target point for the
current viewport.

The only way I know of changing the TARGET value is via DVIEW. PLAN and
ZOOM have no effect on it.

- David

 

You're absolutely correct. I should have added "when the view was created".