Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
AutoCAD bases the Paper Space layout on the paper size and printer you specify in steps 4 and
5. The area shown in Paper Space refl ects the area of the paper size you selected in step 4, and the
paper margin shown by a dashed line is determined by the printer. If for some reason you need
to change the paper size, repeat steps 2 through 5. You can also store the way you've set up your
Paper Space layout using the Page Setup Manager dialog box you saw in step 2. See Chapter 8,
“Introducing Printing and Layouts,” for more on this feature.
FIGURE 15.4
The Page Setup
Manager dialog box
Creating New Paper Space Viewports
As you saw in Chapter 8, the different look of the layout view tells you that you're in Paper
Space. You also learned that a viewport is automatically created when you fi rst open a layout
view. The layout viewport displays an overall view of your drawing to no particular scale.
In this section, you'll work with multiple viewports in Paper Space instead of just the default
single viewport you get when you open the layout view.
This fi rst exercise shows you how to create three new viewports at once:
1.
Click the viewport border to select it. The viewport border is the solid rectangle sur-
rounding your drawing, just inside the dashed rectangle.
2.
Click the Erase tool in the Tool Sets palette to erase the viewport. Your drawing disap-
pears. Don't panic; remember that the viewport is like a window to Model Space. The
objects in Model Space are still there.
3.
Chose View
Viewports
New Viewports to open the Viewports dialog box. You
can also type
VPORTS
↵. This dialog box contains a set of predefi ned viewport lay-
outs (Figure 15.5). You'll learn more about the Viewports dialog box and its options in
Chapter 20.
