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DATE
Stores the current date and time in Modified Julian Date format.
TDCREATE
Stores the local time and date the drawing was created.
TDINDWG
Stores the total editing time, which is the total elapsed time between saves
of the current drawing.
TDUCREATE
Stores the universal time and date that the drawing was created.
TDUPDATE
Stores the local time and date of the last update/save.
Control Views in Layout Viewports
When you create a layout, you can add layout viewports that act as windows
into model space. In each layout viewport, you can control the view that is
displayed.
Scale Views in Layout Viewports
To scale each displayed view in the plotted drawing accurately, set the scale
of each view relative to paper space.
You can change the view scale of the viewport using
The Properties palette
The XP option of the ZOOM command
The Viewports toolbar
NOTE You can modify the list of scales that are displayed in all view and plot scale
lists with SCALELISTEDIT.
When you work in a layout, the scale factor of a view in a layout viewport
represents a ratio between the actual size of the model displayed in the
viewport and the size of the layout. The ratio is determined by dividing the
paper space units by the model space units. For example, for a quarter-scale
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