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MVSETUPonaNamedLayoutinPaperSpace
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Onanamedlayout,youcaninsertatitleblockintothedrawing,andcreateasetoflayoutviewportsin
thetitleblockarea.
Youcanspecifyaglobalscaleastheratiobetweenthescaleofthetitleblockinthelayoutandwhatyou
havecreatedinmodelspace.
Toeasilyspecifyalllayoutpagesettingsandprepareyourdrawingforplotting,youcanalsousethe
PageSetupManager.
WhentheTILEMODEsystemvariableisoff,orwhenyouenteryorpressEnterattheEnablePaper
Spaceprompt,thefollowingpromptsaredisplayed.
Align
Panstheviewinaviewportsothatitalignswithabasepointinanotherviewport.Thecurrentviewportis
theviewportthattheotherpointmovesto.
Angled
Panstheviewinaviewportinaspecifieddirection.
Thenexttwopromptsspecifythedistanceandanglefromthebasepointtothesecondpoint.
Horizontal
Panstheviewinoneviewportuntilitalignshorizontallywithabasepointinanotherviewport.Thisoption
shouldbeusedonlyifthetwoviewportsareorientedhorizontally.Otherwise,theviewmightbepanned
outsidethelimitsoftheviewport.
VerticalAlignment
Panstheviewinoneviewportuntilitalignsverticallywithabasepointinanotherviewport.Thisoption
shouldbeusedonlyifthetwoviewportsareorientedvertically.Otherwise,theviewmightbepanned
outsidethelimitsoftheviewport.
RotateView
Rotatestheviewinaviewportaboutabasepoint.
Undo
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ReversesoperationsperformedinthecurrentMVSETUPsession.
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Create
Createsviewports.
DeleteObjects
Deletesexistinglayoutviewports.
CreateViewports
Displaysoptionsforcreatinglayoutviewports.
LayoutNumbertoLoad
Controlscreationoflayoutviewports.
Entering0orpressingEntercreatesnolayoutviewports.
Entering1createsasinglelayoutviewportwhosesizedependsonthefollowingprompts.
Entering2createsfourlayoutviewportsbydividingaspecifiedareaintoquadrants.Youareprompted
fortheareatobedividedandthedistancebetweentheviewports.
Theviewingangleforeachquadrantissetasshowninthetable.
StandardEngineeringViewports
Quadrant
View
Upperleft
Top(XYplaneofUCS)
Upperright
SEisometricview
Lowerleft
Front(XZplaneofUCS)
Lowerright
Rightside(YZplaneofUCS)
Entering3definesamatrixoflayoutviewportsalongtheXandYaxes.Specifyingpointsatthenexttwo
promptsdefinestherectangularareathatcontainsthelayoutviewports.Ifyouhaveinsertedatitleblock,
theSpecifyFirstCornerpromptalsoincludesanoptionforselectingadefaultarea.
Ifyouentermorethanoneviewportineachdirection,promptsaredisplayedforenteringdistances
betweenthelayoutviewportsintheXandYdirections.
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Thearrayofviewportsisinsertedintothedefinedarea.
Redisplay
Redisplaysthelistofviewportlayoutoptions.
Undo
ReversesoperationsperformedinthecurrentMVSETUPsession.
ScaleViewports
Adjuststhezoomscalefactoroftheobjectsdisplayedinthelayoutviewports.Thezoomscalefactorisa
ratiobetweenthescaleoftheborderinpaperspaceandthescaleofthedrawingobjectsdisplayedin
theviewports.
Interactively
Selectsonelayoutviewportatatimeanddisplaysthefollowingpromptsforeach:
Forexample,foranengineeringdrawingatascaleof1:4,orquarterscale,enter1forpaperspaceunits
and4formodelspaceunits.
Uniform
Setsthesamescalefactorforalllayoutviewports.
Options
SetstheMVSETUPpreferencesbeforeyouchangeyourdrawing.
Layer
Specifiesalayeronwhichtoinsertthetitleblock.
Limits
Specifieswhethertoresetthegridlimitstothedrawingextentsafteratitleblockhasbeeninserted.
Units
Specifieswhetherthesizesandpointlocationsaretranslatedtoinchormillimeterpaperunits.
Xref
Specifieswhetherthetitleblockisinsertedorexternallyreferenced.
TitleBlock
Preparespaperspace,orientsthedrawingbysettingtheorigin,andcreatesadrawingborderandatitle
block.
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DeleteObjects
Deletesobjectsfrompaperspace.
Origin
Relocatestheoriginpointforthislayout.
Undo
ReversesoperationsperformedinthecurrentMVSETUPsession.
Insert
Displaystitleblockoptions.
TitleBlocktoLoad
Insertsaborderandatitleblock.Entering0orpressingEnterinsertsnoborder.
Entering1through13createsastandardborderoftheappropriatesize.ThelistincludesANSIand
DIN/ISOstandardsheets.
Add
Addstitleblockoptionstothelist.Selectingthisoptionpromptsyoutoenterthetitleblockdescriptionto
bedisplayedinthelistandthenameofadrawingtoinsert.
Alinesimilartothefollowingexampleisaddedafterthelastentryinthemvsetup.dfsdefaultfile:
A/E(24x18in),archb.dwg,(1.120.990.00),(18.6317.020.00),in
Thelastfieldofthelinespecifieswhetherthetitleblockhasbeencreatedininchesorinmillimeters.The
unitsfieldallowstitleblockscreatedineitherunitsystemtobechangedbysettingtheunittype
usingOptions.
Youcanalsoaddtitleblocksthathavevariableattributes.
Delete
Removesentriesfromthelist.
Redisplay
Redisplaysthelistoftitleblockoptions.
Undo
ReversesoperationsperformedinthecurrentMVSETUPsession.
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AboutUnitsofMeasurement
AboutScalingViewsinLayoutViewports
AboutAligningViewsonaLayout
AboutLayoutViewports
RelatedReference
MVSETUPinModelSpace
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