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Chapter 4 Control the Drawing Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Change Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Pan or Zoom a View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Save and Restore Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Control the 3D Projection Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Define a Parallel Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Choose Preset 3D Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Define a 3D View with Coordinate Values or Angles . . . . . 59
Change to a View of the XY Plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Hide Lines or Shade 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Hide Lines in 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Add Simple Shading to 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Display Multiple Views in Model Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Set Model Space Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Select and Use the Current Viewport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Save and Restore Model Layout Viewport Arrangements . . . . . 65
Chapter 5
Organize Drawings and Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Create Single-View Drawings (Model Space) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Quick Start for Model Space Drafting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Draw, Scale, and Annotate in Model Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Create Multiple-View Drawing Layouts (Paper Space) . . . . . . . . . . 71
Quick Start for Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Understand the Layout Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Work with Model Space and Paper Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Work in Model Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Work on a Named Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Access Model Space from a Layout Viewport . . . . . . . . . 74
Create and Modify Layout Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Control Views in Layout Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Scale Views in Layout Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Control Visibility in Layout Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Scale Linetypes in Layout Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Align Views in Layout Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Rotate Views in Layout Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Reuse Layouts and Layout Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Work with Layouts in a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Quick Start for Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Understand the Project Manager Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Create and Manage a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Create a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Create and Modify Layouts in a Project . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Work with Views on Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Organize a Project with Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
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