The Bottom Line - Mastering AutoCAD for Mac - page 707

Chapter 14: Advanced Editing and Organizing
Use external references (Xrefs). You've seen how you can use Xrefs to quickly build varia-
tions of a floor plan that contains repetitive elements. This isn't necessarily the only way to
use Xrefs, but the basic idea of how to use Xrefs is presented in the early exercises.
Master It Try putting together another floor plan that contains nothing but the Unit2 plan.
Solution Replace the eight studio units in the Common.dwg file with four of the Unit2 plans.
Change Layer information. Layers is a powerful tool used in AutoCAD drawings. You can
modify a layer using various properties found in the Layers palette.
Master It Modify the Ceiling layer so that it displays a very light gray line.
Solution In the Layers palette, select the Ceiling layer. Click the color swatch and click
Select Color. The Color palette will open. Select the index color 9, or type 9 in the space
provided.
Select similar objects. Select Similar can select alike objects. It can be invoked from the
shortcut menu when objects are selected.
Master It Select all the walls on the plan drawing and change them so that they are
now set to the color magenta. Now reset them to their previous color.
Solution Click on a wall, and right-click. Choose the Select Similar option in the short-
cut menu. In the Properties Inspector palette, select the color swatch and choose Magenta.
Press Esc. To reset the color back, select a wall, use the Select Similar option, and change
the color swatch to Bylayer.
Chapter 15: Laying Out Your Printer Output
Understand Model Space and Paper Space. AutoCAD offers two viewing modes for view-
ing and printing your drawings. Model Space is where you do most of your work; it's the
view you see when you create a new file. Layouts, also called Paper Space, are views that let
you arrange the layout of your drawing, similar to how you would in a page-layout program.
Master It Name the method of moving from Model Space to Paper Space.
Solution You can use the Show Drawing & Layouts tool in the status bar to display the
model and layout preview panels.
Work with Paper Space viewports. While in Paper Space, you can create views into your
drawing using viewports. You can have several viewports, each showing a different part of
your drawing.
Master It Explain how you can enlarge a view in a viewport.
Solution You can double-click inside a viewport and then use the Zoom tool to enlarge
the view.