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    Red face model-layout

    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.

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    Hi Shawn

    Please note I've *moved* this Topic (Thread) from the CAD Management Forum to this one as I believe it would be better served here.

    Thanks, Mike

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    Last edited by Mike.Perry; 2005-02-01 at 04:36 PM. Reason: Correct bad formatting.

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    Default Re: model-layout

    Check out these articles

    http://www.cadalyst.com/cadalyst/art...l.jsp?id=96223
    http://www.cadalyst.com/cadalyst/art...l.jsp?id=96143
    http://www.cadalyst.com/cadalyst/art...l.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 (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. 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 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
    Last edited by BrenBren; 2004-07-20 at 03:09 PM.

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    Default Re: model-layout

    Hi

    Check out the following Tutorial -

    Model Space & Layout (Paper) Space Tutorial

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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

    ID: TS25495 - Create drawing layouts from existing drawings, templates, and DXF files

    ID: TS20608 - Use Create Layout wizard

    ID: TS26936 - Activating or deactivating a viewport in a layout

    ID: TS71139 - LTSCALE and PSLTSCALE system variables

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    Check out the following threads -

    Simple, yet....Layouts, Page Setups, & New Users

    Paperspace lines

    Different scales for lines in different viewports

    Model space lines

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    A search within the AUGI Forums 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
    Last edited by Mike.Perry; 2004-10-31 at 04:11 PM. Reason: Link spelling corrected.

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    Default Re: model-layout

    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.

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    Default Re: model-layout

    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).

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