Viewports

[chris01]

Hi all.

I have searched all over the internet and youtube in the past few days but i just cant seem to find a basic (very basic, lol) tutorial on viewports in Autocad 2009.
I found ones on older versions of Autocad that tell you to click on the Tile tab twice or the model layer... but in 2009 i just cant seem to find these options.

I have a drawing of a floor plan and i have the border (A3) on the same page next to it to, i want make the border the viewport and put the floor plan within it.
I was shown how to do it recently but the person showing me went through the steps so fast that i lost track of what to do.

I have tried a million and one different things today, and i thought before i give up and throw my pc against a brick wall, id ask for help.

Thanks alot,
Chris

[Doove]

2009 has a slightly different interface than most of us are used to. To make things simpler have a quick look at the attached pdf - admittedly it is pretty poor quality but you can't have everything can you?

Does your status bar look like this? If so - right click on the button I've marked Modelspace and you should get a little dialog box with the option something like "Show Model / Layout Tabs" - select this option.

Also left click the arrox I've marked "Status Bar Drop Down"; you get a long list of options some with ticks against them and others without - about halfway down is an option something like "Model/Paper" - select this option.

So - when you say you have the A3 border next to the floor plan do you mean both are in the modelspace tab? Or is the floor plan on the modelspace tab and the A3 border on one of the layout tabs?

[chris01]

Thanks for the reply.

I clicked on that drop down status are the model/layout option already had a tick beside it.

Im clueless as to the model/paper space stuff (sorry, cant get my head around it lol).

I have them both on the same space i guess, but the border is on its own layer within the drawing.

Should i not have done this?

EDIT : Also, my status bar didnt look the same as yours for the first part you highlighted.

[Doove]

Email me the file, I'll sort it then tell you what I did, it'll probably be the quickest way.

[chris01]

Ok ill do that thanks.

Does this forum have a private message function? lol cant even find that!
I was going to pm for your email ad.

[Doove]

You should be able to email from my profile page.

[Strix]

Ok ill do that thanks.

Does this forum have a private message function? lol cant even find that!
I was going to pm for your email ad.

that'll come with a few more posts in the tech sections

[Strix]

Im clueless as to the model/paper space stuff (sorry, cant get my head around it lol).

it's dead easy

think of it like this:
your model space is the photo
your paperspace is the mount (that cardboard bit that goes between the photo and the frame)
your drawing file is the whole framed photo, which is sometimes a whole album with separate mounts round separate pictures of the same event

[chris01]

it's dead easy

think of it like this:
your model space is the photo
your paperspace is the mount (that cardboard bit that goes between the photo and the frame)
your drawing file is the whole framed photo, which is sometimes a whole album with separate mounts round separate pictures of the same event

Well that makes some more sense now, but how do i switch between the 2?... if thats not too dumb a question, lol.

[NH3man!]

ps and ms works for me. LOL You can click in the model space and outside of it for paper space.