What is Model Space?
Model Space is where all drawing are drawn in full scale.
Items such as:
Items such as:
- Walls
- Windows/Doors
- Text/Dimensions
- Furniture and more!
What is Paper Space?
Paper space is the actual size of the paper in full scale.
Items such as:
Items such as:
- Viewports
- Some Annotation
- Title Blocks
What are Viewports?
- View ports are “Windows” into the Model Space at a selected space.
- You can have multiple Viewports in a single Paper Space.
- Each Viewport can have it’s own scale.
- Viewports can be moved, copied, stretched erased until you have the right appearance.
- Viewports are very useful but if not used correctly can cause a great deal of headache if used incorrectly.
- To activate a viewport you simply have to double click into the viewport and make it active. If it’s not active and you will be drawing on your paper space.
- If you want to exit a Viewport, go to paper space, click on a tab at the bottom of the drawing which is not the "Model" tab.
What is a Title Block?
A title Block is simply put:
Items such as:
- The border in which all your drawing information is located.
Items such as:
- Drawing number
- Scale of drawing
- Drawn By information
- Drawing Title
- North Arrow
How do you set up a new Paper Space Layout?
At the bottom of your AutoCAD window you will find Tabs – like in MS Excel.
Click the default Layout 1 tab.
Right Click on the Tab and load the Page Setup Manager.
Click Modify to make changes to layout
Choose your:
Click the default Layout 1 tab.
Right Click on the Tab and load the Page Setup Manager.
Click Modify to make changes to layout
Choose your:
- Printer (Room 209 Phaser)
- Paper Size (Tabloid 11x17)
- Plot area (Layout)
- Plot Scale (1:1)
- Plot Line Weight Type (CTKLW) ***
Try it yourself!
Set up your Layout 1
Set your Sheet Size to Tabloid 11x17 - Landscape
Insert the Title Block provided to you by downloading it below (Cad Standards).
Follow the prompts in the command window.
Drawing Details:
Set your Sheet Size to Tabloid 11x17 - Landscape
Insert the Title Block provided to you by downloading it below (Cad Standards).
Follow the prompts in the command window.
Drawing Details:
- Drawing number: A01
- Architectural First Floor Plan
- Scale: 1/8”=1’-0”
- Date: Today's Date
- Title: Make it up!
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