Creating a Drawing Layout

In this Task

• A layout of the drawing will be produced by creating, then inserting a view into the Paper Space area.

Associated Tasks

• Using the Selection Info palette to adjust the viewport scale.

Before you Start

• More information on Drawing Layout is provided here.

Take Note

• The scale of the viewport can be adjusted using either the Selection Info palette or the Properties sheet. First left click onto the viewport border, then select the Viewport page in either of these options.
• The Properties sheet can be obtained by double clicking onto the viewport border.

 

Drawing Layout

Ribbon : View | Create View

Default Menu : View | Named Views | Create View

Palette : Named View | Create View

Model Space, also referred to as the graphics editor, is the area in which the sketch geometry of the drawing is produced at full scale. Annotations in the form of hatching and dimensions are also produced in the model space area.A View of the drawing is created which is then inserted into the Paper Space layout as a viewportPaper Space is the area where viewports of the drawing are assembled and the ‘virtual scale’ of the viewport is created here.Text notes and title blocks are also inserted into the Paper Space area. This is always set to the real-life, physical size of the paper onto which the drawing should be printed.Modifications performed on the sketch in the Model Space area are automatically updated in the relevant viewport in the Paper Space area.

Create View

Ribbon : View | Create View

Default Menu : View | Named Views | Create View

Palette : Named View | Create View

Model Space, also referred to as the editor, is the area in which the sketch geometry of the 2D drawing is produced at full scale. Annotations in the form of hatching and dimensions are also produced in the model space area.A View of the drawing is created which is then inserted into the Paper Space layout as a viewport.

Make sure the entire drawing is visible in the editor, then select Create View from the menu options above.

Drag a rectangle around the drawing, using points 1 and 2 as a reference in the illustration below.

Creating a view of the drawing using View > Named Views > Create View

A view name is required for each view created. The default name of the newly created view, View_1 can be accepted by clicking OK in the Create Named View dialog box.

 

Insert Viewport

Ribbon : Insert | Insert Objects | Viewport

Default Menu : View | Viewports | Viewport

Palette : Named View | Insert Viewport

Paper Space is the area where viewports of the drawing will be assembled and the ‘virtual scale’ of the viewport is created here.Text notes and title blocks are also inserted into the Paper Space area. This is always set to the real-life, physical size of the paper onto which the drawing is printed.Modifications performed on the sketch in the Model Space area are automatically updated in the relevant viewport in the Paper Space area.

To insert the newly created view into a pre-formatted page, left click onto the A3 Landscape tab at the bottom of the graphics editor. This page has been formatted to an A3 landscape orientation.

The view in the editor contains only the outline of landscape orientated page at this stage, but the drawing is still contained in the Model layout.

Select Viewport from the menu options above, then define a rectangular-shaped viewport, similar to the points defined by 1 and 2 below.

Inserting a previously created view into the Paper layout

Left click at point 2, above, then select View_1 from the Named View dialog box. Select Go to, then Close.

The named view will be inserted into the paper layout, shown below, with the physical edges of the paper visible as the white sheet.

Named view inserted as a viewport in the paper layout

Adjusting the Viewport Scale

Select Viewport | Selection Info Palette

The ‘virtual scale’ of the view can be adjusted by setting the viewport scale.This is done by selecting the viewport border, then using either the Selection Info palette or the Properties Sheet to adjust the viewport scale in the Viewport page.

The Selection Info palette is used for this task. Use Tools | Palettes | Selection Info to display this palette in the editor.

Left click onto the viewport border, then make sure the Fixed Scale option is activated shown by point 1 below.

Use the Viewport | Scale option in the Selection Info palette to change the scale to 1:1 shown by point 2 below.

Adjusting the viewport scale using the Selection Info palette

Removing the Viewport Border

Select Viewport | Selection Info Palette

The border of the viewport is used to stretch or shrink the viewport to accommodate the scaled view within the viewport. The Select tool is used to select the view and the stretch or resize handles can be used to create the correctly size viewport. All objects must be visible within the viewport border.The viewport border can be used to access the properties of the contents of the view, for example to adjust the scale or switch of layers.The viewport border is a temporary ‘frame’ for the viewport and is usually switched off prior to printing. This is done by deactivating the Visible Box option in the Viewport page of the Selection Info palette or Properties Sheet.

To remove the viewport border, again select the border of the view, then deactivate the Visible Box option from the Viewport page of the Selection Info palette, shown below.

Switching off the viewport border

The result is shown below.

Drawing with viewport border removed

Printing the Drawing

Ribbon : File | Page Options | Print

Default Menu : File | Print

Refer to section TurboCAD Tools | Printing for more information on printing the finished drawing.