Inserting Drafting Palette Views

In this Task 

Views which were created in the Drafting Palette will be inserted into the Paper Space area. 

The correct scale will be applied to the viewport during the insertion into the paper space layout. 

Before you Start 

 Prepare the paper space layout for an A4 (or similar) landscape layout.

Make sure there are no residual objects in the paper space layout.

Make sure all layers are switched visible.

Take Note 

A viewport border is not displayed when using the drafting palette to insert views. 

Unlike viewports, borders of inserted views from the Drafting Palette are not created.

Inserting Drafting Palette Views

Tools | Palettes | Drafting

Standard, Isometric and Sectional views can be inserted into the paper space layout in a similar manner to that used when using the Insert Viewport option.The significant advantage of inserting views from the drafting palette is that projected views can be created automatically and aligned to the associated view.

Switch to the Paper Space layout, making sure the correct format, page size and alignment is selected. If you are using the sample drawing for this Session, an A3 Landscape layout is prepared.

Select the Right Side view of  Part–01 from the Drafting Palette, shown  below.

Inserting a view of Part 1

Left click onto the Insert into Drawing option, shown below  and drag the view into the top left corner of the paper space layout, shown below.

Inserting the view into the top left corner of the layout

Auto-scaling & Aligning the View

Tools | Palettes | Drafting

The projected view of an inserted viewport can be aligned and scaled to the view of another part.The scale of the view is given as a percentage, not as a ratio scale.

Select the Right view of Part-02 from the Drafting Palette, shown below, then select the Insert into Drawing option shown on the task bar of the Drafting Palette.

Inserting the Right view of Part 2 into the layout

Activate the Extended Ortho snap and the GEO tab at the base of the editor.

Drag the above view into the editor, positioning the new view over the inserted view of Part-01, without left clicking, to obtain the view scale, shown below.

Inserting Part 3 over Part 1 to obtain the scale of Part 1

When the scale of the new view matches the scale of the inserted view, drag the new view into the projected position using the Extended Ortho auxiliary lines, shown below.

Aligning Part 3 to Part 1 using the Extended Ortho auxiliary line

Adjusting the View Scale

The percentage scale can be adjusted by double-click selecting the inserted view, then adjusting the values in the Format page shown below. The scale can be adjusted in the field shown circled below.

Setting the properties of the inserted part

Insert, at a scale of 1, the views shown below of parts 02, 03 and 04, using a similar configuration to that shown below.  Use a scale of 2.5 when inserting part 04.

Take Note 

Make sure there is sufficient space alongside each view to insert the projected view.

The Selection Info Palette Tools | Palettes | Selection Infocan be used to adjust the scale of any inserted view, shown below.

Using the Selection Info palette to format the scale of the inserted part