Draw In Model Then Output to a Sheetset.

Hey everyone!

I just stumbled onto these forums! It's awesome.

Anyway, I am using AutoCAD 2009 for Uni and have a relatively good idea where most things are in CAD. However, I have never drawn something in model as I usually just draw straight onto a sheetset. At the moment I am having trouble drawing something in model and then putting it onto a sheetset (it's called 'manufacturing metric') with a title block.

My current understanding is that I use viewports somehow, yet I'm really not sure to to?

Any help with this would be much appreciated! Are there any good links to a tutorial explaining this?

Cheers,

falconed

THIS MAY HELP

http://www.cadtutor.net/tutorials/autocad/paper-space-exercise.php

Word of advice, "Dont draw in Layout Space"

Always draw in Model Space, and whatever is drawn in model space is layed out on the layout space,,, Hence that is why its called Layout Space.

There was a thread here once about this topic. ill try to post it as soon as I find It.

But if you must insist. A way of transferring drawings from model to layout is the command CHSPACE.

Check out this thread

http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=24700

Word of advice, "Dont draw in Layout Space"

Always draw in Model Space, and whatever is drawn in model space is layed out on the layout space,,, Hence that is why its caklled Layout Space.

The best thing about doing it this way as well, is you can draw everything at 1 to 1 scale in model space, and then in layout space just set viewports to the appropriate scale - 1:1, 1:2, 1:20, 1:50 . . etc.

The best thing about doing it this way as well, is you can draw everything at 1 to 1 scale in model space, and then in layout space just set viewports to the appropriate scale - 1:1, 1:2, 1:20, 1:50 . . etc.

Yeah this was exactly my problem, I used to draw in layout and had to use a calculator to get all the measurements! It was a round-a-bout way of doing things.

Thanks everyone.

The replies and that thread really helped, I now know where to go when I'm having trouble with CAD!

Back again!

I've bumped into a slight problem when dimensioning in model. The problem is that I can see the dimension itself! The dimension does not even show up in the viewport layer in the layout.

Cheers! Have a good one.

Glad to help. and welcome to the forum.

stick around, youll get a lot of help from everyone here.

Cheers

Back again!

 

I've bumped into a slight problem when dimensioning in model. The problem is that I can see the dimension itself! The dimension does not even show up in the viewport layer in the layout.

 

Cheers! Have a good one.

Have you tried dimensioning in layout instead of model? but anyways you can do either way. layout or model.

have a look in your layers settings, check the the layer for your dimesion is not toggled under NEW VPFREEZE of VPFREEZE

Have you tried dimensioning in layout instead of model?

but anyway will do. when dimensioning in model check your dimension style settings coz sometimes the arrowhead sizes, text heights, etc are set too small.

Just found the problem it was indeed the text height. Is there a way for CAD to automatically detect the length of the dimension and scale it to suit so it is actually readable? Or is manually the only way.

Thanks for the quick reply.

I edited the post thinking it was wrong.

anyways good thing you quoted it.

ow and by the way, try to post one question per thread.