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■ Initialize a named layout.
■ Specify layout page settings such as output device, paper size, drawing
area, output scale, and drawing orientation.
■ Insert a title block into the layout (unless you have started with a drawing
template that already has a title block).
■ Create a new layer to be used for layout viewports.
■ Create layout viewports and position them on the layout.
■ Set the orientation, scale, and layer visibility of the view in each layout
viewport.
■ Add dimensions and annotate in the layout as needed.
■ Turn off the layer containing the layout viewports.
■ Output your layout.
You can also use annotative on page 2289 objects if you want to annotate your
drawing in model space and scale the annotations automatically. For
information about using annotative objects and scaling annotations
automatically, see
Scale Annotations on page 1324.
The other topics in this chapter provide additional detail on how to create,
use, and modify layouts and layout viewports.
Quick Reference
LAYOUT
Creates and modifies drawing layouts.
LAYOUTWIZARD
Creates a new layout tab and specifies page and plot settings.
MODEL
Switches from a named (paper space) layout to the Model layout.
MSPACE
In a layout, switches from paper space to model space in a layout viewport.
MVIEW
Creates and controls layout viewports.
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