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Use Layout Viewports, Tutorial: Work with Layout Viewports, Try it: Create a layout

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Try it: Create a layout 1 Start a new drawing. 2 Click Menu Browser ➤ Tools ➤ Wizards ➤ Create Layout. 3 Follow the steps in the wizard to create a layout with a different paper size and matching title block. 4 Right-click the layout tab. On the shortcut menu, click Rename. Enter a new name for the layout. To save this drawing as a new drawing template file, click Menu Browser ➤ File menu ➤ Save As. In the Save Drawing As dialog box, under Files of Type, specify a DWT extension. Use Layout Viewports Layout viewports on a layout tab display views of model space. The following points summarize the relationship of layout viewports and model space: ■ The majority of the objects in your drawings are created in model space on the Model tab. ■ To display and scale one or more views of model space in a layout, you create layout viewports. ■ To pan the view and to set layer visibility, enter model space through a layout viewport. You can control the visibility of layers separately in each layout viewport. ■ For any significant editing of your model, use the Model tab. ■ To create correctly scaled dimensions, enter model space from the layout tab and then dimension the model. When you create a new layout, a single layout viewport is added by default. You can add more layout viewports for independent views such as details and 3D views. Each viewport can have its own scale, plot properties, and layer visibility settings. Tutorial: Work with Layout Viewports In this tutorial, you will practice the most common operations used with layout viewports. Change the display scale of a view in a layout viewport 1 Click Menu Browser ➤ File ➤ Open. 2 In the Select File dialog box, find the \Help\GettingStarted folder in the AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT product folder and open arbor.dwg. 3 Click Menu Browser ➤ Format ➤ Layer. In the Layer Properties Manager, click the lightbulb icon on the Viewport layer to display the objects on that layer. The blue borders of the layout viewports are now visible. 4 Click Menu Browser ➤ Modify ➤ Properties. Click the blue border of the upper-right layout viewport. 5 In the Properties palette, under Misc, click Display Locked. Click the arrow and click No. The display properties for the layout viewport are now unlocked. Next, you will change the precise scale of the view displayed in this layout viewport. Work with Layouts | 149

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Work with Layouts
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Try it: Create a layout
1
Start a new drawing.
2
Click Menu Browser
➤
Tools
➤
Wizards
➤
Create Layout.
3
Follow the steps in the wizard to create a layout with a different paper size and matching title
block.
4
Right-click the layout tab. On the shortcut menu, click Rename. Enter a new name for the layout.
To save this drawing as a new drawing template file, click Menu Browser
➤
File menu
➤
Save As. In
the Save Drawing As dialog box, under Files of Type, specify a DWT extension.
Use Layout Viewports
Layout viewports on a layout tab display views of model space. The following points summarize the
relationship of layout viewports and model space:
■
The majority of the objects in your drawings are created in model space on the Model tab.
■
To display and scale one or more views of model space in a layout, you create layout viewports.
■
To pan the view and to set layer visibility, enter model space through a layout viewport. You can
control the visibility of layers separately in each layout viewport.
■
For any significant editing of your model, use the Model tab.
■
To create correctly scaled dimensions, enter model space from the layout tab and then dimension
the model.
When you create a new layout, a single layout viewport is added by default. You can add more layout
viewports for independent views such as details and 3D views. Each viewport can have its own scale,
plot properties, and layer visibility settings.
Tutorial: Work with Layout Viewports
In this tutorial, you will practice the most common operations used with layout viewports.
Change the display scale of a view in a layout viewport
1
Click Menu Browser
➤
File
➤
Open.
2
In the Select File dialog box, find the
\Help\GettingStarted
folder in the AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT
product folder and open
arbor.dwg
.
3
Click Menu Browser
➤
Format
➤
Layer. In the Layer Properties Manager, click the lightbulb icon
on the Viewport layer to display the objects on that layer.
The blue borders of the layout viewports are now visible.
4
Click Menu Browser
➤
Modify
➤
Properties. Click the blue border of the upper-right layout
viewport.
5
In the Properties palette, under Misc, click Display Locked. Click the arrow and click No.
The display properties for the layout viewport are now unlocked. Next, you will change the
precise scale of the view displayed in this layout viewport.