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588 | Chapter 21 Create Layouts
Create Layout Viewports
When you create a layout, you can add layout viewports that act as windows
into model space.
Work with Layout Viewports
When you compose a layout, you can consider layout viewports to be objects
that provide a view into model space that you can move and resize. Layout
viewports may overlap or be separated from one another. You cannot edit the
model while arranging the layout in paper space. To edit the model, you
must switch to model space using one of the following methods:
Choose the Model tab.
Double-click inside the layout viewport. On the status bar, Paper changes
to Model.
Click Paper on the status bar.
When you make a layout viewport current, you are working in model space.
Changes to the model are reflected in all paper space viewports. Objects that
you create in paper space do not change the model or other layouts.
One benefit to using layout viewports is that you can selectively freeze layers
in each viewport. As a result, you can view different objects in each viewport.
You can also display different views by panning and zooming in each
viewport.
You can resize a viewport by using its grips to change how much model space
geometry is displayed in the viewport. Scaling the viewport using the
SCALE
command changes the viewport size without affecting the magnification of
the view.
As you create and place layout viewports, any plot style table that is attached
to the layout is automatically attached to the layout viewports you are
creating. If you want to attach a different plot style table to a layout viewport,
you select the viewport you want to modify, and then open the Properties
palette.