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Posted by: pavan85_levis ® 07/30/2009, 03:00:54 Author Profile eMail author Edit

what is the use of layout in AUTOCAD.

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Posted by: jboggs ® 09/17/2009, 22:30:11 Author Profile eMail author Edit

"Layout" is the term AutoCAD uses now for what they used to call "paperspace". It is a method that allows one to account for the differences in scale between the real world (modelspace), and the limitations of a paper border (paperspace). Rule #1 in CAD is that everything is always drawn at full scale, period. Now, how to present a "picture" of this model on paper that is not that large - the scale factor comes in. The notations on a drawing have a size too, but their size is in relation to the paper on which they are presented, not the size of the object they are describing. So if you scale a model down to fit the paper, you don't want the notation text diminishing to an unreadable size. Paperspace, or layout as its called now, allows you to set your notation size and create all your notes in one environment, and then open "windows" to look at selected portions of your model, at whatever scale you select. This way the model itself always remains at full size, but you don't have to struggle with changing drawing scales affecting your text size. Clear as mud, right?

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