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Exercise 1: Configuring Viewports, Plan Production Tutorials
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in your drawing, in just a few seconds you can create sheets that automatically display the desired data. NOTE To set up a drawing for creating cross section sheets, see the Creating Section Views tutorial (page 569). For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Preparing for Plan Production. Exercise 1: Configuring Viewports In this exercise, you will learn how to prepare an existing drawing template for use with the plan production tools. Before using your own custom templates for plan production, you must set the layout viewport type to either Plan or Profile. By default, most of the templates provided with AutoCAD Civil 3D have the Viewport Type property set to Undefined. However, the plan production templates that are included have viewports that are already configured to the appropriate viewport type: plan or profile. For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Setting Up Drawing Templates for Plan Production. Examine viewport properties in an existing template 1 Click Quick Access toolbar ➤ Open. Navigate to the local Template\Plan Production folder (page 819). Open Civil 3D (Imperial) Plan and Profile.dwt. NOTE In the Select File dialog box, ensure that Files of Type is set to Drawing Template (*.dwt). The template contains two viewports. 2 Select the top viewport. Right-click. Click Properties. Examine the settings of the viewport, including the size and position contained in the Geometry category. 3 On the Properties palette, scroll down to the Viewport category. 4 Double-click the cell next to Viewport Type. The drop-down list displays the configuration options for the viewport. The current (top) viewport is set to Plan, while the bottom viewport is 806 | Chapter 20 Plan Production Tutorials