Challenge

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

Aim:

To Create Multiple Viewports, Scale the Drawing and setting the Template using AutoCAD.

Introduction:

  • Viewports are areas that display different views of your model.
  • In large or complex drawings, displaying different views reduces the time needed to zoom or pan in a single view.
  • Errors that you might miss in one view might be visible in another.
  • The various tools used in drafting the Multiple View Ports and scaling the drawing are:
    • View
    • MView
    • MView Setup
    • Layout Setting Manager
    • From Template
    • Mtext
    • Dimension
    • Copy
    • Model Space
    • Paper Space
    • Pan

Procedure:

1. Plan and Elevation:

  • Open the drawing and below the drawing space we can observe beside model there is another tab present with the name of Layout.
  • Click on the Layout.
  • Now delete the Viewport which is present and then right click on the layout.
  • Then Rename the layout and click on Layout Manager.
  • Then fix the size of the paper.
  • Again right click on the layout and Click on From Template.
  • Select the mArch Template and click on insert and edit the details using the Attribute Edit command.
  • Create view ports using the command view and insert them in the Layout.
  • Select the required scale and with the help of Pan move them.

2. Kitchen Plan:

  • Open the drawing and open Layout tab.
  • Select the size of the paper and other properties.
  • Now create four view ports with the help of MV command.
  • Use the Scale option in properties and adjust the size of the drawing as provided in the question.

3. Industrial Building:

  • Open the drawing and open Layout tab.
  • Select the size of the paper and other properties.
  • Now create three view ports with the help of MV command.
  • Use the Scale option in properties and adjust the size of the drawing as provided in the question.
  • Using the Mtext enter the text to be displayed.

Result:

We have done creating Multiple Viewports, Scaling the Drawing and Setting the Template in the Layout using AutoCAD.

The respective drawing are attached.

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