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Understanding the Layout View  23
Another way to look at paper space layouts is to think of them as a drawing mock-up
area. Using a paper space layout, you can set up multiple views of the drawing you cre-
ate in model space. You can also add a title to your drawing and include borders or other
graphic design features.
Since paper space layouts are labeled with the “layout” prefix, as in Layout1, I’ll just use the
term layout in this book.
Try the following exercise to see firsthand how layouts work:
1. Click the Layout1 tab at the bottom of the drawing area.
The drawing area changes to show your drawing, plus some additional display
elements, as shown in Figure 1.19. The layout view shows how your drawing will
look when it is printed.
2. Move the cursor over the rectangle that immediately surrounds the rectangle and
circle drawing that you created earlier in the chapter.
3. Click the highlighted rectangle, and then press the Delete key. Your drawing
disappears.
4. Click the Model tab to return to model space. You’ll see that the objects you drew are
still there.
5. Click the Undo tool in the Quick Access toolbar twice to return to the Layout1 view
and undo your deletion of the outer rectangle. The view of the rectangle and the
circle returns.
6. Click the Model tab to return to the original drawing area.
Click this outline, and press the Delete key.
Figure 1.19
Your drawing as it
appears in one of
the layout views
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