Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
As long as you set up your Paper Space work area to be equivalent to the fi nal print size, you
can set dimension and text to the sizes you want when you print. If you want text ¼˝ high, you
set your text styles to be ¼˝ high.
To include dimensions, make sure you're in a layout view, and then use the dimension com-
mands in the normal way. However, you need to make sure full associative dimensioning is
turned on. Type
DIMASSOC
↵
2
↵ to turn on associative dimensioning or
DIMASSOC
↵
1
↵ to
turn it off. Dimassoc is the system variable that controls associative dimensioning. With asso-
ciative dimensioning turned on, dimensions in a layout view display the true dimension of the
object being dimensioned, regardless of the scale setting of the viewport.
If you don't have the associative dimensioning option turned on and your viewports are set to
a scale other than 1 to 1, you have another option: You can set the Overall Scale option in the New
or Modify Dimension Style dialog box to a proper value. The following steps show you how:
1.
Click the Show Drawings & Layouts button in the Status Bar palette, and then select the
Model layout for your drawing.
2.
Choose Format
Dimension Style from the menu bar to open the Dimension Style
Manager.
3.
Make sure you've selected the style you want to edit, and then click the Options action
menu and choose Modify to open the Modify Dimension Style dialog box.
4.
Click the Primary Units tab.
5.
In the Scale Factor input box in the Linear Dimensions group, enter the value by which
you want your Paper Space dimensions multiplied. For example, if your Paper Space
views are scaled at one-half the actual size of your model, enter
2
in this box to multiply
your dimensions' values by two.
6.
Click the Apply To Layout Dimensions Only check box. This ensures that your dimen-
sion is scaled only while you're adding dimensions in Paper Space. Dimensions added in
Model Space aren't affected.
7.
Click OK to close the Modify Dimension Style dialog box, and then click Close in the
Dimension Style Manager.
You've had to complete a lot of steps to get the fi nal drawing, but compared with drawing
these views by hand, you undoubtedly saved a great deal of time. In addition, as you'll see later
in this chapter, what you have is more than just a 2D drafted image. With what you created, fur-
ther refi nements are now easy.
Using Visual Styles with a Viewport
In Chapter 19, you saw how you can view your 3D model using visual styles. A visual style
can give you a more realistic representation of your 3D model, and it can show off more of the
details, especially on rounded surfaces. You can also view and plot a visual style in a layout
view. To do this, you make a viewport active and then turn on the visual style you want to use
for that viewport. The following exercise gives you a fi rsthand look at how this is done:
1.
Back in the Bracket.dwg drawing, click the Show Drawings & Layouts button in the
Status Bar palette and double-click the Layout1 thumbnail.
