Creation of Multiple viewports, Scaling the drawing and setting in Template in AutoCad
- Create a layout of the Plan and Section A of the project in Challenges 7, using the template Tutorial -mArch.dwt in a scale as given in the Figure. Use the MV command to create the viewport of the size as shown in Figure. Also, use ATTEDIT command to edit the information in the title block. Use A1 size for the layout. Take a plot.
Aim: To create the layout of the Plan and Section A of the project in Challenges 7, using the template Tutorial-mArch.dwt using AutoCAD software.
Introduction:
various commands used
- Layout command
- Attedit command
- Rectangle command
- V command
- MV command
- MS command
- PS command
- ST command
- ‘SPACETRANS command
- PAN command
Procedure:
- Open the AutoCAD software.
- Go to application menu, select the open option and open the challenge 7 drawing.
- Type Layout in command box, press enter.
- Select template option from command box, select Tutorial-mArch.dwt template, select open, select layout name as ISOA1 layout and select ok.
- Go to the layout from layout tab and right click on it and select page setup manager option.
- Select the layout and choose modify option and modify settings from page setup dialog box as shown below and select ok and close.
- Type ATTEDIT in command box and press enter, select the template box and edit the attribute as per required content.
- Type rec in command box, specify the first corner point , select the dimension option from command box, specify the length as 400 and width as 455, press enter, and draw the rectangle.
- Similarly draw the rectangle of size 375 x 455 beside the just drawn rectangle using the rectangle tool.
- In modal space, type V in command box, press enter, select the new option from view manager dialog box, give the name to view as Plan and select define window option and in modal space and define the view of floor plan of challenge 7 using the window.
- Similarly create the view naming Section for section AA by selecting new option from view manager dialog box and select ok.
- Go to layout from layout tab type MV in command box, press enter, select the object option from command box, press enter, select the first rectangle.
- Type MS in command box, press enter, select the first viewport.
- Type V in command box, select the Plan modal view from view manager dialog box, select set current and ok.
- Select the standard scale as 1:50 from scale tab of status bar.
- Type PAN in command box, press enter, and adjust the view such that it fit inside the viewport.
- Type PS in command box, select the view port, right click, go to properties option and lock the display.
- Again, type MV in command box, press enter, select the object option from command box, press enter, select the second rectangle.
- Type MS in command box, press enter, select the second rectangular viewport.
- Type V in command box, select the Plan modal view from view manager dialog box, select set current and ok.
- Select the standard scale as 1:50 from scale tab of status bar.
- Type PAN in command box, press enter, and adjust the view.
- Type PS in command box, select the view port, right click, go to properties option and lock the display.
- Type ST in command box, press enter, select the font name arial with the height as 0 units and select ok.
- Type DT in command box, press enter, specify first corner point, type ‘SPACETRANS in command box, press enter, select the viewport, specify rotation angle as 0 and type text as ‘SCALE – 1 : 50’.
- Type DIMLIN in command box, press enter and give dimensions to the rectangles.
- Go to layout tab, right click on layout tab and select the plot option, select continue to plot single sheet, check the settings and select the preview option and see the preview.
- Right click on preview and select the plot option, give the file name and save it in desired folder.
Result:
The layout of plan and section of challenge 7 using AutoCAD software by following above mentioned procedure is shown below.
- Create a layout of the Kitchen drawn in Challenge 9 as shown in Figure. Use the scale as shown in the Figure. Use A4 Size page for the layout. Take a plot
Aim: To create a layout of the Kitchen drawn in challenge 9 using AutoCAD software.
Introduction:
Various commands used
- Layout command
- Rectangle command
- V command
- MV command
- MS command
- PS command
- ST command
- DT command
- ED command
- PAN command
Procedure:
- Open the AutoCAD software.
- Go to application menu, select the open option and open the kitchen drawing of challenge 9 drawing.
- Go to the layout from layout tab and rename the layout as ‘kitchen layout’.
- Go to layout tab, right click, and select the page setup manager.
- In page setup manager, select the kitchen layout, select the modify option, and modify the setting as shown below.
- Type MV in command box, press enter, select the 4 option from command box, option . specify first point and second point.
- In modal space, type V in command box, press enter, select the new option from view manager dialog box, give the name to view as V1 and select define window option and in modal space define the view using the window.
- Similarly create the view naming V2, V3 and V4 by following the same procedure.
- Go to the paper space, type MS in command box press enter, select the first viewport and type V in command box and press enter.
- Select the V1 view from modal space, set current and select ok.
- Select the standard scale from scale of status bar such that view fit inside the viewport.
- Type PAN in command box, press enter and adjust the view such that it fit inside the viewport.
- Type PS in command box, press enter, select the viewport, right click, and lock the display.
- type MS in command box press enter, select the second viewport and type V in command box and press enter.
- Select the V2 view from modal space, set current and select ok.
- Select the standard scale from scale of status bar such that view fit inside the viewport.
- Type PAN in command box, press enter and adjust the view such that it fit inside the viewport.
- Type PS in command box, press enter, select the viewport, right click, and lock the display.
- type MS in command box press enter, select the third viewport and type V in command box and press enter.
- Select the V3 view from modal space, set current and select ok.
- Select the standard scale from scale of status bar such that view fit inside the viewport.
- Type PAN in command box, press enter and adjust the view such that it fit inside the viewport.
- Type PS in command box, press enter, select the viewport, right click, and lock the display.
- type MS in command box press enter, select the fourth viewport and type V in command box and press enter.
- Select the V4 view from modal space, set current and select ok.
- Select the standard scale from scale of status bar such that view fit inside the viewport.
- Type PAN in command box, press enter and adjust the view such that it fit inside the viewport.
- Type PS in command box, press enter, select the viewport, right click, and lock the display.
- Type ST in command box, press enter, select the font name arial with the height as 0 units and select ok.
- Type DT in command box, press enter, specify text height as 3 units, specify rotation angle as 0 and type the text as per required content as SCALE – 1:1.
- Type CO in command box, press enter, select the just written text, press enter, select the base point and copy it to the required position.
- Type ED in command box, press enter, select the text required to edit and edit it as per required content.
- Go to layout tab, right click on layout tab and select the plot option, select continue to plot single sheet, check the settings and select the preview option and see the preview.
- Right click on preview and select the plot option, give the file name and save it in desired folder.
Result:
Layout of kitchen created in challenge 9 in AutoCAD software using above mentioned procedure is shown below.
- Create a layout of the section created in Challenges 9. Use scale as mentioned in the Figure. Use MV command create multiple viewports. Take a plot.
Aim: To create a layout of section created in challenge 9 using AutoCAD software.
Introduction:
Various commands used
- Layout command
- Rectangle command
- V command
- MV command
- MS command
- PS command
- ST command
- DT command
- ED command
- PAN command
Procedure:
- Open the AutoCAD software.
- Go to application menu, select the open option and open the challenge 9 drawing.
- Go to the layout from layout tab and rename the layout as ‘challenge 9’.
- Go to layout tab, right click, and select the page setup manager.
- In page setup manager, select the layout name, select the modify option, and modify the setting as shown below.
- Type MV in command box, press enter, select the 3 option from command box, select the above option . specify first point and second point.
- In modal space, type V in command box, press enter, select the new option from view manager dialog box, give the name to view as V1 and select define window option and in modal space define the view using the window.
- Similarly create the view naming V2 and V3 by following the same procedure.
- Go to the paper space, type MS in command box press enter, select the first viewport and type V in command box and press enter.
- Select the V1 view from modal space, set current and select ok.
- Select the standard scale from custom scale as 1:100.
- Type PAN in command box, press enter and adjust the view such that it fit inside the viewport.
- Type PS in command box, press enter, select the viewport, right click, and lock the display.
- type MS in command box press enter, select the second viewport and type V in command box and press enter.
- Select the V2 view from modal space, set current and select ok.
- Select the standard scale from custom scale as 1:30.
- Type PAN in command box, press enter and adjust the view such that it fit inside the viewport.
- Type PS in command box, press enter, select the viewport, right click, and lock the display.
- type MS in command box press enter, select the third viewport and type V in command box and press enter.
- Select the V3 view from modal space, set current and select ok.
- Select the standard scale from custom scale as 1:30.
- Type PAN in command box, press enter and adjust the view such that it fit inside the viewport.
- Type PS in command box, press enter, select the viewport, right click, and lock the display.
- Type ST in command box, press enter, select the font name arial with the height as 0 units and select ok.
- Type DT in command box, press enter, specify text height as 3 units, specify rotation angle as 0 and type the text as per required content as SCALE – 1:100.
- Type CO in command box, press enter, select the just written text, press enter, select the base point and copy it to the required position.
- Type ED in command box, press enter, select the text required to edit and edit it as per required content.
- Go to layout tab, right click on layout tab and select the plot option, select continue to plot single sheet, check the settings and select the preview option and see the preview.
- Right click on preview and select the plot option, give the file name and save it in desired folder.
Result:
Layout of section created in challenge 9 in AutoCAD software using above mentioned procedure is shown below.
