Documenting a 3D Model - Autodesk AutoCAD 2013 Practical 3D Drafting and Design - page 267

• By pressing the button named Paper/Model , on the status bar, we access
the MSPACE command
Once inside a viewport, we can zoom, pan, orbit, or apply an orthogonal or saved
model view. We should specify and center the view in each viewport. Also, at this
moment, it is possible to adjust layer properties specific to each viewport (presented
in the next section).
A single click on another viewport activates it. To return to paper space, we double-
click outside the viewports, apply the PSPACE command (alias PS ), or press the
MODEL button on the status bar.
Viewport scales
After defining the model view in all viewports, we arrive at one of the most important
steps: adjust viewport scales. While creating technical drawings for manufacturing,
construction, or other areas, most viewports must have a technical normalized scale.
As usual in AutoCAD, there are several methods available:
• Scale list on the status bar : We select one or more viewports and pick
one of the predefined scales from this list. Advantages of this process:
it is always available when we select a viewport; it is easier when us-
ing the annotative property of objects (beyond the scope of this topic)
and provides access to the SCALELISTEDIT command ( Custom op-
tion). This method doesn't allow for writing scales.
• Scale list on the Viewports toolbar : We select one or more viewports
and pick from the list of this toolbar. If the desired scale is not listed, we
may write it, in the format 1:200 or 1/200 .
• The PROPERTIES command : In the Properties palette, from the selec-
ted viewports, we may choose a predefined scale, in Standard scale ; or
write it using the same formats as before, in Custom scale .
• Apply the ZOOM command with value : We enter the viewport, apply the
ZOOM command, and write the scale value with the suffix XP , for instance,
1/200XP or 0.005XP :