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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.
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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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AboutScalingViewsinLayoutViewports
AboutAligningViewsonaLayout
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