Layout

When you create a drawing, you do most of your work on the Model tab. Each drawing that you create can contain numerous layouts that simulate the paper on which you will print a copy of the drawing.

Each of these layouts is created on a Layout tab. LAYOUT: You can prepare a separate layout for each way you want to print your drawing. The layout allows you to organize different views to control which portion of your drawing prints and at what scale.

Allows you to create, copy, delete, and rename layouts, set a layout as the current layout, save and open layout templates, and list layouts.

Enter layout option [Copy/Delete/New/Rename/Set/SAve/Template/? to list] : To copy an existing layout to a new layout, choose Copy. To delete a layout, choose Delete. To create a new layout, choose New. To rename a layout, choose Rename. To make a layout current, choose Set. To save a layout template, choose Save. To create a new layout based on a layout template, choose Template. To list all layouts, choose ?.

To copy a layout

Choose Copy

Enter a layout name : Enter the name of the existing layout that you want to copy.

Enter new layout name : Enter the name of the new layout.

To delete a layout

Choose Delete.

Enter a layout name : Enter the name of the layout that you want to delete.

To create a new layout

Choose New.

Enter a layout name : Enter a name for the new layout.

To rename a layout

Choose Rename.

Enter a layout name : Enter the name of the layout that you want to rename.

Enter new layout name: Enter the new name.

To make a layout current

Choose Set

Enter a layout name : Enter the name of the layout that you want to make current.

The layout's tab becomes active.

To save a layout template

Choose Save.

Enter a layout name : Enter the name of the layout that you want to save as a layout template.

Name the layout template, and then click Save.

To create a new layout from a template

Choose Template.

Select the template that contains the layouts you want to use, and then click Open.

Select the desired layout(s), and then click OK. You can choose multiple layouts by holding down CTRL while clicking layout names..

LAYOUTCREATEVIEWPORT

Controls whether a layout viewport is created automatically for each new layout that is added to a drawing.

Controls how drawings are regenerated when switching between the Model tab and Layout tabs.

LAYOUTTAB

Controls the display of the Model and Layout tabs.