1. Layouts, Plotting, Printing
Sacramento City College
Engineering Design Technology
Layouts, Plotting, Printing

2. Layouts, Plotting, Printing
Objectives
Add title blocks and viewports to layouts
Create new layouts
Manage layouts
Select a plotting device
Modify a plotting device configuration
Create, modify and use plot styles and tables
Select plot settings
Describe alternative plotting methods
Print/plot a drawing
Layouts, Plotting, Printing

3. Layouts, Plotting, Printing
Layout Setup
Layouts, Plotting, Printing

4. Layouts, Plotting, Printing
Layout Setup
A Layout
Is an arrangement of objects on a sheet of paper for plotting purposes.
Can contain
Viewports
Title block
Notes, graphics
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5. Layouts, Plotting, Printing
Drawing file can contain multiple layouts
When first selected
Default layout is 8.5 x 11 in landscape
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6. Layouts, Plotting, Printing
Inserting a Border
Layouts
Most contain a border and a title block
It is best to insert the blocks into the layout and then save it as a template file.
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7. Layouts, Plotting, Printing
Floating Viewports
When a new layout is created
A single default floating viewport is created.
Viewport allows you to “see” into Model Space from Layout Space.
Layouts, Plotting, Printing

8. Layouts, Plotting, Printing
Floating Viewports
Floating viewports
Are “holes” cut into the paper in the layout tab so that the model space drawing can be seen.
Are separate objects
Can be
Moved, copied, sized and
Can overlap other viewports.
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9. Layouts, Plotting, Printing
The MVIEW Command
Creating floating viewports
Is like creating tiled viewports in Model space.
Command: MVIEW (MV)
Specify corner of viewport or [ON/OFF/Fit/Shadeplot/Lock/Object/Polygonal/Restore/Layer/2/3/4<Fit>
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10. Layouts, Plotting, Printing
The MVIEW Command
<Fit>
Default choice.
Creates a single rectangular floating viewport that fills the entire printable area on the sheet.
2/3/4
Creates preset viewport configurations of 2, 3, or 4.
ON/OFF
Activate/deactivates the Model space display within a viewport.
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11. Layouts, Plotting, Printing
The MVIEW Command
Lock
Locks the view in one or more viewports.
ZOOM and PAN are disabled.
Prevents accidental resizing of a viewport after a ZOOM XP command has been used to correct scale a viewport for plotting to scale.
Object
Changes a closed polygon drawn in layout space into a floating viewport.
Circles, ellipses, polygons and other closed shapes.
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12. Layouts, Plotting, Printing
The MVIEW Command
Polygonal
Draws a floating viewport outline using a polyline
It can be of any closed shape (lines/arcs)
Restore
Converts saved viewport configurations into individual floating viewports.
Layer
Resets viewport layer property overrides.
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13. Working with Floating Viewports
Many drawings can be created from one drawing model.
Insert viewports after Title Block is inserted
Avoids conflict and overlap with view port.
Layouts, Plotting, Printing

14. Working with Floating Viewports
Use Zoom XP
To size the model space to the correct size.
Type
Zoom (enter)
1 / (scale factor ) xP
Pan
To position the displayed model space to the desired location.
Resize view port as required.
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15. Working with Floating Viewports
Lock the viewport
To prevent accidental resizing.
Layouts, Plotting, Printing