Chapter 13

Working with Layouts and Annotative Objects

There are two distinct spaces in which you can create drawings: modelspace and paperspace. Typically, 2D drawings and 3D models are created in modelspace. Layouts in paperspace bring together annotations and drawings ultimately to be plotted on paper or published electronically. Viewports display drawings at specific scales on layouts, which is where you’ll draw title blocks that frame the drawings. You will learn about all of them in this chapter and how to use each.

  • Creating annotative styles and objects
  • Creating layouts
  • Adjusting floating viewports
  • Overriding layer properties in layout viewports
  • Drawing on layouts

Creating Annotative Styles and Objects

All the geometry you draw in the ...

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