model-layout

[smdin79]

Hi,
i'm using autoCAD LT2002 and have become quite familiar with it. but i am confused about one thing, what are the model and layout tabs for?
i do everything in the model tab, i never touch the layout tab, and ive ignored it for a while but now (for some reason) i thought id ask. any insight is appreciated.
Thankyou

Shawn.

[Mike.Perry]

Hi Shawn

Please note I've *moved* this Topic (Thread) from the CAD Management Forum (http://forums.augi.com/forumdisplay.php?f=34) to this one as I believe it would be better served here.

Thanks, Mike

Forum Moderator

[BrenBren]

Check out these articles

http://www.cadalyst.com/cadalyst/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=96223
http://www.cadalyst.com/cadalyst/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=96143
http://www.cadalyst.com/cadalyst/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=96144

Below is from the AutoCAD help file (this is for Mechanical, but I am sure it pretty much the same for LT, check it out)

AutoCAD distinguishes between two levels of drawing representation. Model space (http://javascript<b></b>:modelspace.Click()) (construction plane) and layout (display-, or plotting plane). This enables the construction drawing, or parts of it, to be displayed with different scale factors within the drawing.

Working in model space

Model space can be compared to a drawing sheet. A model-like image of the producing parts is created on this sheet.


Working in layout

From the status bar you can switch to the second level, which lies in front of the model space. This level is called layout (http://javascript<b></b>:layout.Click()). It is recognized through the triangle symbol. It covers the model space like a sheet of paper.

To see the model space, you need to cut windows (viewports) into the paper. You can assign attributes (e.g. a scale factor or layer attributes) to these windows.

The dimensioning inside the viewports (http://javascript<b></b>:viewport.Click()) is adjusted automatically to the selected scale factor. Text, symbols, and arrow sizes correspond to the standard. Parts of the drawing can be displayed enlarged (zoomed), this corresponds to AMDETAIL. In contrast to the detail in model space, the zoomed display of the detail is not a copied element, it is the original part.

HTH

[Mike.Perry]

Hi

Check out the following Tutorial -

Model Space & Layout (Paper) Space Tutorial (http://www.autocadcentral.com/Tutorials/Lesson%2010/lesson10.htm)

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Check out the following Technical Document on the Autodesk web site under the Knowledge Base section -

ID: TS70437 - Using paper space (http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/item?siteID=123112&id=2888978&linkID=2475323)

ID: TS25495 - Create drawing layouts from existing drawings, templates, and DXF files (http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/item?siteID=123112&id=2868840&linkID=2475323)

ID: TS20608 - Use Create Layout wizard (http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/item?siteID=123112&id=2897524&linkID=2475323)

ID: TS26936 - Activating or deactivating a viewport in a layout (http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/item?siteID=123112&id=2874570&linkID=2475323)

ID: TS71139 - LTSCALE and PSLTSCALE system variables (http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/item?siteID=123112&id=2889727&linkID=2475323)

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Check out the following threads -

Simple, yet....Layouts, Page Setups, & New Users (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=5132&highlight=Layout+Model)

Paperspace lines (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=5045&highlight=Layout+Model)

Different scales for lines in different viewports (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=4750&highlight=Layout+Model)

Model space lines (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=4179&highlight=Layout+Model)

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A search within the AUGI Forums (http://forums.augi.com/search.php?) for things like -

PaperSpace
Layout
ModelSpace
ViewPort
Floating ViewPort
LTScale
PSLTScale
MSpace
PSpace

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AutoCAD Online Help File [F1] -

Contents Tab -> AutoCAD Online Manuals -> User's Guide -> Create Layouts and Plot Drawings

Hopefully AutoCAD LT Online Help File has similar/the_same content.

Have a good one, Mike

[smdin79]

Thanks Brenda and Mike, the info and links were helpful
but i now need to ask, can i do something in one viewport without it changing all the others, such as add lines or delete a portion of the drawing?

Shawn.

[Glenn Pope]

You would need to place these objects on different layers. Then in each viewport, freeze the layer you don't want to show in that viewport. In the layer manager, to the right you should see something like "Current VP Freeze (using Map 2005, so it might be a little different).