Creation of Multiple viewports, Scaling the drawing and setting in Template in AutoCad
- Create a layout of the Plan and Section AA of the project:
Aim:
To create a layout of the Plan and Section -AA of the project in Challenge 7, using the template Tutorial-mArch.dwt in a scale as given in the Figure.
Introduction:
The layout is created using the following steps and tools in AutoCAD.
Procedure:
- Open the challenge 7 AutoCAD file which was created earlier.
- Zoom the plan area and click the View tab and select new view which shows the following popup. In that give name as PLAN and click ok
- Zoom the section AA portion and with the above same procedure and give name as SECTION-AA as shown below
- In the Model view port ribbon, click view port configuration drop down and select Two: Vertical.
- Click on Named which opens the Viewport dialog box and give the name and settings as shown below
- That creates the viewport when selecting the above created name on Named view port as shown below.
- Right click on layout tab and select From template option and follow the following steps
- The below template will be shown.
- Right click on ISO A1 Layout tab and rename it as VP-1 PLAN AND SECTION-AA
- Enter page setup, which opens the page setup manager
- Click modify and give the below settings
- Enter rec and create 2 rectangles of dimension 400x445 and 375x445 as shown below
- Enter mv and specify the corner of the first rectangle and the other end of the rectangle to create viewport and zoom plan
- Enter mv and specify the corner of the second rectangle and the other end of the rectangle to create viewport and zoom section-AA as shown below
- In the status bar select the scale as 1:50
- Enter MV and lock the view port scale
- Change the layer to dimension and set current as shown below
- Enter ATTEDIT and edit as shown below in the edit attributes dialog box.
- Go to AutoCAD icon and click print and select plot and select the following setting for plotting and save it as pdf format
Results:
The following result is obtained by the above steps
2.Create a layout of the kitchen:
Aim:
To create a layout of the kitchen in Challenge 10, using the scale given in the Figure with the A4 size sheet and plot.
Introduction:
The layout is created using the following steps and tools in AutoCAD.
Procedure:
- Open the challenge 10 kitchen layout AutoCAD file which was created earlier.
- Zoom the above counter plan
- Click view tab and click new view which displays the new view popup. In that give name and click ok.
- Like above procedure create 3 more views as show below
- Select view port configuration as Four: equal
- Set the created viewports as shown below by clicking each part with their respectively name in the named view drop down in the ribbon.
- In the model view port click named which opens the view port popup. In that select new view port and give the settings as follow and click ok
- Enter layout and select new and enter name as Kitchen layout
- Enter Page setup which displays the page setup manger.
- Click modify and set the following setting
- Enter mv and create 4 equal viewport by clicking the starting and opposite corner point. Zoom and adjust the view of the each parts and lock it
- Go to layer properties and select text layer and enter PS
- Enter DT to type the text as required.
- Go to AutoCAD menu and click print and select plot and select the following setting for plotting and save it as pdf format
- Click ok and browse to save the file.
Results:
The following result is obtained by the above steps
3.Create a layout of the Section- Industrial building:
Aim:
To create a layout of the Section created in Challenge 10, using the scale given in the Figure and plot.
Introduction:
The layout is created using the following steps and tools in AutoCAD.
Procedure:
- Open the challenge 10 Section of Industrial building layout AutoCAD file which was created earlier.
- Click view tab and click new view which displays the new view popup. In that give name and click ok.
- By above procedure create 2 more views by zoom to that particular part as show below
- Select view port configuration as Three: Above
- Set the created viewports as shown below by clicking each part with their respectively name in the named view drop down in the ribbon.
- In the model view port click named which opens the view port popup. In that select new view port and give the settings as follow and click ok
- Enter layout and select new and enter name as SECTION-VP
- Delete the current view in the layout.
- Enter Page setup which displays the page setup manger.
- Click modify and set the following setting
- Enter mv and create Three: above parts by clicking the starting and opposite corner point. Zoom and adjust the view of each part and lock it
- Go to layer properties and select text layer and enter PS
- Enter DT to type the text as required.
- Go to AutoCAD menu, click print, select plot and save it as pdf format
- Click ok and browse to save the file.
- Results:
- The following result is obtained by the above steps
