Graphics Programs Reference
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7.
Pan in the viewport or select the viewport in paper space and adjust
its endpoints so that only the site information is displayed.
8.
Using the Freeze button or the Layer Properties Manager, freeze the
following layers in the viewport only: A-AREA-NPLT, A-ANNO-DIMS,
A-DOOR, A-FLOR-FIXT, A-GRID, A-FLOR-PATT, A-ROOF, A-ANNO-
TABL, A-ANNO-TEXT, and A-GLAZ.
9.
Copy the Drawing Title block from another drawing sheet, and
change the Viewport Scale to 1
″
= 30
′
(1:400).
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Instead of using Sheet Set Manager, which is not included within AutoCAD
LT, you'll use block attributes to manage the information contained within
your title block. Complete these steps to update your title block using
AutoCAD LT:
1.
Switch to paper space, and change the SHEET number to C-101.
2.
Double-click the DrawingTitle block and change the Drawing Name to
Site Plan.
10.
Create a new viewport and zoom into see the referenced image file;
then copy and edit the Drawing Title block. Your layout should look
similar to Figure 14.80.
11.
Save the current
C-101.dwg
, keeping its existing filename.
You've made a set of eight drawings, complete with scaled viewports and des-
ignated content. In the next section, you will look at a couple of ways to protect
the drawing from accidental errors.
Locking and turning Viewports off
One of the common errors that you will make when working with viewports is
zooming or panning while in a viewport and then failing to return the viewport
to its proper appearance. You can prevent yourself, or anyone else, from editing
the viewport view by
locking
the viewport. This feature doesn't prevent you from
editing the content of the viewport—just how you access and view it. When you
execute a pan or zoom while inside a locked viewport, AutoCAD temporarily
exits the viewport, pans or zooms the equivalent amount in paper space, and then
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