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Model Space and Paper Space

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Model Space/Paper Space

Model space is the space where you draw and design in AutoCAD.

Model space is the place where most of your work will be performed.

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Model Space/Paper Space

Paper space is a space you use to lay out a drawing or model to be plotted.

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Model Space/Paper Space

Look at the tabs along the bottom of the screen to determine if you are in Model Space or Paper Space.

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Model Space/Paper Space

Paper Space is like a sheet of paper with “holes” cut in it.

Through the holes you can “see” model space.

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Layouts

Layout tabs allow you to create

Multiple paper viewport layouts.

Example:

A size layout

C size layout

E size layout, etc.

A drawing can have multiple layouts.

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Floating Viewports

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Model Space/Paper Space

Model space is the space where you draw and design in AutoCAD.

Model space is the place where most of your work will be performed.

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Model Space/Paper Space

Paper space is a space you use to lay out a drawing or model to be plotted.

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Model Space/Paper Space

Look at the tabs along the bottom of the screen to determine if you are in Model Space or Paper Space.

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Model Space/Paper Space

Paper Space is like a sheet of paper with “holes” cut in it.

Through the holes you can “see” model space.

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Layouts

Layout tabs allow you to create various paper viewport layouts.

A drawing can have multiple layouts.

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Model Space/Paper Space

In a Layout,

You can cut as many holes as you desire.

The holes can be different sizes and shapes.

You can arrange the holes to create a final

drawing layout by moving and sizing

viewports.

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Model Space/Paper Space

In Layouts, paper space viewports are handled as objects and can be edited.

Moved

Copied

Re-sized

Deleted

This allows you to place and plot different views of your work on the same drawing.

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Model Space/Paper Space

To create a Layout, pick one of the layout tabs at the bottom of the screen.

AutoCAD puts the display in paper space and shows a “sheet of paper” with a “default cut-out” or viewport.

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Paper Space

The first time you switch to paper space, AutoCAD performs an automatic layout setup.

You must select a plotting device.

You can pick various plotting options.

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Model Space/Paper Space

You can only plot the currently active viewport from Model Space.

Any viewports you create in Model Space disappear in Paper Space.

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Paper Space

While in a Layout Tab, you can switch between paper space and model space by either

Using the Pspace and Mspace commands.

OR

Clicking on the MODEL / PAPER button at the

bottom of the screen.

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Paper Space

When you are in paper space, AutoCAD displays a UCS icon at the lower left of the screen.

“PAPER” is also displayed on the status line at the bottom of the screen.

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The MVIEW Command

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Paper Space and MVIEW

The MVIEW command is used to create and manage floating viewports in paper space.

MVIEW only works in paper space.

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Paper Space and MVIEW

When you switch to paper space you initially see ONE viewport that contains your model space drawing.

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Paper Space and MVIEW

Your drawing will be displayed in this viewport.

The drawing is displayed in the last zoom or

viewport.

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Paper Space and MVIEW

Floating viewports are “holes” cut into the paper.

The Model Space can bee “seen” through this “hole” cut in the paper.

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Paper Space and MVIEW

While in a Layout Tab, you can enter Model Space through the viewport, by double-clicking in the viewport.

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Paper Space and MVIEW

The viewports are separate objects.

They can overlap and can be moved around.

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Paper Space and MVIEW

After the floating viewports are created, display commands are used to modify the model space “seen” through the viewport.

Move

Copy

Erase

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Creating Floating Viewports

The VPORTS Command

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Creating Floating Viewports

Creating floating viewports in Paper Space is very similar to creating Tiled Viewports in Model Space.

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Creating Floating Viewports

A view port configuration can be selected from the Viewports dialog box.

Use the VPORTS command.

The MVIEW command can also be used.

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Creating Floating Viewports

When Model Space is active,

the Viewports dialog box creates tiled

viewports.

When paper space is active,

the Viewports dialog box creates floating

viewports.

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Creating Floating Viewports

Use Spacing to set the space around the edges of the floating viewports.

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The MVIEW Command Options

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Creating Floating Viewports

MV, MVIEW or -VPORTS options:

ON

OFF

Fit

Hideplot

Lock

Object

Polygonal

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Creating Floating Viewports

ON

Activates the model space display within a

view port.

OFF

Deactivates a model space display within a

view port.

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Creating Floating Viewports

Fit

Default option.

Creates a single rectangular floating viewport

that fills the entire printable area on the sheet.

The sub options 2, 3, 4 can be used to create

multiple viewports.

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Creating Floating Viewports

Hideplot

Prevents hidden lines in a 3D model from

being plotted.

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Creating Floating Viewports

Lock

Locks the view in one or more viewports.

When a viewport is locked, objects in the view

port can be edited and new objects added

but:

Display commands like Zoom and Pan are

disabled.

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Creating Floating Viewports

Object

Use to change a closed object drawn in paper space

into a floating viewport.

Existing

Circles

Ellipses

Polygons and

other closed shapes

can be used as floating viewport outlines.

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Creating Floating Viewports

Polygonal

Draw a floating viewport outline using a

polyline.

Any shape can be used.

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Creating Floating Viewports

OR

Draw the shape in paper space using the

POLYGON command.

Use MVIEW command

Select Object sub-menu option to make the

object a viewport.

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Zoom to Paper Space

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Zoom To Paper Space

Zoom Scale has two options:

nX

And

nXP

nX scales the display relative to the current display

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Zoom To Paper Space

nXP

Scales the drawing in Model Space relative to

Paper Space.

Is used primarily in the layout of scaled

multivew drawings.

THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ZOOM

COMMAND YOU WILL LEARN !

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Creating New Paper Space Layouts

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New Paper Space Layouts

Create New Paper Space layouts by right-clicking the Layout Tab at the bottom of the screen.

Select “New Layout”.

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New Paper Space Layouts

The new layout will be created.

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