Creation of Multiple viewports, Scaling the drawing and setting in Template in AutoCad

AIM : To create multiple viewports, scaling the drawing and setting in template in AutoCad

Introduction : 

• Open autocad application
• Type Qnew and open new drawing
• Set units according to drawing
• Switch on object snap and object snap modes 
• Ortho mode is ON

Problem 1

AIM : To create a layout of the plan and section of a project using the template Tutorial-mArch.dwt 

Procedure :

• Open plan and section drawings from challenge 7 
• Select layout at the bottom
• Right click on template and open "march template file"
• Erase existing drawing
• Rename the layout to "PLAN and SECTION"
• Right click on the layout and click on page setup manager
• Click on modify and change the name, papersize, plotscale etc as shown below
  
  
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• Now draw two rectangles of size 400 x 445 and 375 x 445
  
  
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• Enter "MV" (MVIEW) in the command
• Specify the corner points of rectangle
• Repeat it for another rectangle
• Enter "MS" (MSPACE) in the command
• Select and adjust the view and set scale 1:50 in each view
• Enter "PS" in command and enter
• Enter command "ATTEDIT" and Select the block to be edited
  
  
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• Using "dimlinear" mark the dimensions of rectangle
  (Text height and arrow size is taken as 15 )
  
  
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• Now export the current layout to "PDF" format and save it

RESULT :

Plan and Section layout is plotted in A1 size sheet

Problem 2

AIM : To create a layout of the kitchen on a A4 size sheet

Procedure : 

METHOD 1

• Open kitchen drawing from challenge 9
• Open view tab and click on view configuration
• Select four equal parts
• Click on new view, enter the name and select view as per diagram using window option
• Press ok and similarly take other three views as shown below
  
  
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• Select layout at the bottom
• Erase existing drawing
• Rename the layout to "KITCHEN"
• Right click on the layout and click on page setup manager
• Click on modify and change the name, papersize, plotscale etc as shown below
  
  
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• Now go to layout tab and insert all the four views
  
  
• Now export the current layout to "PDF" format and save it

METHOD 2

• Open kitchen drawings from challenge 9 
• Select layout at the bottom
• Erase existing drawing in the layout
• Rename the layout to "PLAN and SECTION"
• Right click on the layout and click on page setup manager
• Click on modify and change the name, papersize (A4), plotscale etc 
• Enter "MV" (MVIEW) in the command click on 4
• Specify the corner points of the sheet
• Enter "MS" (MSPACE) in the command
• Select and adjust views in each one according to given diagram 
• Now export the current layout to "PDF" format and save it

RESULT : 

Kitchen layout is plotted in A4 size sheet

METHOD 1 :

METHOD 2 :

Problem 3

AIM : To create a layout of a section

Procedure :

• Open section drawing from challenge 9
• Select layout at the bottom
• Click on template and open "march template file"
• Erase existing drawing in the layout
• Rename the layout to "SECTION"
• Right click on the layout and click on page setup manager
• Click on modify and change the name, papersize, plotscale etc as shown below
  
  
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• Enter "MV" (MVIEW) 
• Specify the corner points of the sheet
• Enter "MS" (MSPACE) in the command
• Select and adjust the drawing to the scale 1:50
• Enter command "ATTEDIT" and Select the block to be edited
  
  
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• Now export the current layout to "PDF" format and save it
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RESULT :

Section layout is plotted in A1 size sheet