Using Layouts to Set Up a Print - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 744

Creating the Paper Space Viewport
Now that the sheet files have been created and the necessary model files refer-
enced, you need to be able to view the model hidden behind the layouts. You will
do this by creating a new viewport that won't show up when you plot the draw-
ing. Here's how:
1. Open A-100.dwg , and then use the Layer drop-down list on the Layers
panel of the Home tab to change the current layer to A-ANNO-NPLT.
You'll create your viewports on this layer so the borders for your
viewports are not plotted in your final plan sheets.
TIP Note the color assigned to the a-aNNO-NpLt layer. Because it will
be used for viewports, it's useful to assign the layer a color that will stand
out in your drawing, so you can quickly identify its boundaries as viewport
boundaries, and not another autoCaD object like a polyline.
Part of this section will focus on configuring the visibility of lay-
ers inside your viewports. When you're creating viewports, it's best
to make the objects you'll be displaying in a plan sheet visible from
the start.
2. Expand the Layers panel on the Home tab, and then click the Turn All
Layers On button to turn on all layers in the current drawing and the
drawings referenced into it. Repeat the same process, but this time
choose the Thaw All Layers button to thaw all of the layers.
3. Click the View tab and then, in the Viewports panel, click the New
button.
4. In the Viewports dialog box that opens, click the New Viewports
tab and then, in the Standard Viewports window, select Single (see
Figure 14.49) and click OK.
5. At the Specify First Corner: prompt, click the endpoint at the
upper-right corner of the title block.
6. At the Specify Opposite Corner: prompt, click the endpoint at the
lower-left corner of the title block.
Your cabin drawing appears in the new viewport (see Figure 14.50).
7. Open the A-200.dwg sheet file, and repeat steps 2 to 6, making sure
A-ANNO-NPLT is the current layer before creating your viewport.