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Chapter 7 Creating and Plotting Sheets Using Sheet Manager
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Setting the Plan View Angle
To make a change to the plan view angle in a viewport, use the Set Plan View
Angle command. With this command, the last active viewport is used. To set
the plan viewport active, you must select an area within the plan viewport.
NOTE
This is a paper space command.
To set the plan view angle
1 From the Sheet Manager menu, choose Sheet Tools ä Set Plan View Angle.
The following prompt is displayed:
Enter new view twist angle for viewport(s) (MSpace/PSpace/Match)
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2 Set the viewport angle using one of the following options:
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If you know the angle you want to set for the viewport, then type the angle
value at the prompt and press ENTER. You are then prompted to pick the
viewport(s) you want to adjust. Pick the viewport, and then press ENTER.
The plan view angle is adjusted and the screen redrawn.
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To match the angle of the selected viewport to an existing viewport angle,
type M for Match. The command prompts you to select a viewport to match.
Pick the viewport with the pointing device. The command prompt displays
the angle of the matched viewport. Either accept this new angle or enter
another value and press ENTER. Finally, you are prompted to pick the
viewport you want to adjust. Pick the viewport, and then press ENTER.
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You can switch back and forth between paper space and model space by
typing PS or MS at the prompt. These options make it possible to reference a
point in paper or model space.
The paper space labels is redrawn according to the new location of the plan.
Rotating the Plan Annotation
If you have used text or blocks to annotate the plan view of your drawing in
model space, then this annotation remains in the drawing when you generate
the sheet series unless you freeze the layer it is on. When you generate a sheet
series, the generate sheets commands automatically rotate the plan view of the
drawing according to the layout of the sheet series. Because the plan view is
rotated when you generate a sheet, you may find that the text you placed in
model space is now rotated to an angle that is difficult to read.
You can use the Rotate Plan Annotation command to rotate the selected block
or text entities 180 degrees so it is easier to read. The only block or text entities
that are rotated are those that are upside down. In other words, the original
rotation angle for the text places the text upside down for this current view. If
you want to restore the annotation angle, then use the Restore Rotated
Annotation command described in the next section.
NOTE
To work in the viewports while in paper space, use the MSpace macro or
double-click the PAPER button in the Windows status bar before using this
command.