Drawing Layouts

In this Task

• Two views will be created in model space then inserted into the paper space layout.
• Layer control will used to display either the sketch or the model.

Associated Tasks

• Creating a rendered view or a viewport containing the model with the hidden lines suppressed.

Before you Start

• Sketch & Model are superimposed on each other using a common vertex.
• View is set to World Plan.

Take Note

• The Sketch block remains unexploded at this stage. It is used as a reference only.

Drawing Layouts

Ribbon : View | Create View

Default Menu : View | Named Views | Create View

Palette : Named View | Create View

Drawing layouts are produced by creating a view of the sketch in the Model layout and inserting the viewport into the Paper layout.Multiple views of different scales can be created.

Layouts of both the Sketch and the Model can be created and inserted into the Paper Space layout.

Layer control will be used to display either the Sketch or the Model.

Turn the view to World Plan so that the sketch and model are superimposed on each other.

Select Create View from the menu options above, then enclose the plan view of the sketch and model in a selection rectangle shown below.

Create a suitable name for this view, such as Sketch, then click OK.

Turn the view to Isometric South East, reduce the zoom, then create another viewport named Model, shown below. Do not attempt to capture the sketch dimensions; they are not necessarily required for the model.

Switch to the A3 Landscape layout by activating the Paper tab at the base of the workspace.  

Insert the Main (Sketch) viewport using View > Viewport > Viewport shownbelow.

Insert the Model viewport shown below.

Viewport Layer Control

Layer control within a viewport can be managed by double clicking onto the viewport border then using Layer control to display or conceal a layer.

In this example, the Model layer has been concealed in the Main (Sketch) viewport, shown below by point 2.

Repeat this by double-clicking onto the Model viewport and switching off the display of the layer Profile. The result is shown below.

Sketch and model shown in the paper space layout

Rendered Viewport

To create a rendered viewport, double click onto the Model viewport and select Viewport > Rendering > Draft . The result is shown below.

Showing a rendered viewport for the model