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PAGESETUP
Controls the page layout, plotting device, paper size, and other settings for
each new layout.
PROPERTIES
Controls properties of existing objects.
VPORTS
Creates multiple viewports in model space or paper space.
MAXACTVP
Sets the maximum number of viewports that can be active at one time in a
layout.
Scale Linetypes in Layout Viewports
You can scale linetypes in paper space either based on the drawing units of
the space in which the object was created or based on the paper space units.
You can set thePSLTSCALE system variable to maintain the same linetype
scaling for objects displayed at different zoom factors in a layout and in a
layout viewport. For example, with PSLTSCALE set to 1 (default), set the current
linetype to dashed, and then draw a line in a paper space layout.
In the layout, create a viewport with a zoom factor of 1x, make that layout
viewport current, and then draw a line using the same dashed linetype. The
dashed lines should appear to be the same. If you change the viewport zoom
factor to 2x, the linetype scaling for the dashed line in the layout and the
dashed line in the layout viewport will be the same, regardless of the difference
in the zoom factor.
With PSLTSCALE turned on, you can still control the dash lengths with
LTSCALE and CELTSCALE. In the following illustration, the pattern of the
linetypes in the drawing on the left has been scaled to be the same regardless
of the scale of the view. In the drawing on the right, the scale of the linetypes
matches the scale of each view.
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