Plotting/ Printing with Autocad

[jbctln]

@ReMark Thanks buddy! I figured it out, printing on Paper space. How about Printing on Model Space. I want to put my Title Block on Model Space, then put my drawing inside that "rectangle" (w/ the title block) which correspond with the actual paper, what should I do?

@Bigal, YEp, 1:75 is not standard, I just add it on CAD

[ReMark]

Personally, I would put my title blck and border in my paper space layout rather than keep it in model space.

[jbctln]

Ah.. you know, I see a lot of times building plans which are collaborated at a single .dwg file (btw, is that advisable?), then each plates/sheets have title blocks.. I dont know how they're going to scale and plot it..

[ReMark]

It sounds like they used a paper space layout for each phase perhaps.

Does the drawing have to be plotted to a scale? Yes or no?

[jbctln]

It sounds like they used a paper space layout for each phase perhaps.

I did not get this one, pardon me.


Oh yes, I want it to be scaled..

[ReMark]

I thought we had already covered this?

There is a) model space and b) layouts. Look at the tabs directly above your command line. Layouts are considered to be in paper space.

Your geometry goes in model space. Your title block and border, along with your viewports go in the layout.

[jbctln]

hahaha, Im very sorry for that, yeah, I now get it.. I think I should attach here the file so you see it, here it is, take a look..


I dont know if the designer of that building has intended to print that plan to a certain paper size, and what size?

[ReMark]

You're using a student version of AutoCAD to do a commercial job?

You have an orphan hatch object down in the lower right hand corner of your drawing (in model space). What's up with that?

I would suggest that you NOT use the Defpoints layer for your viewports. You can run into a problem with the layer later on if you freeze layer "0".

What exactly were you hoping to show in your "Bidding" layout viewports?

[rickh]

The file is setup in feet, measurements shown in meters, and everything is drawn at a certain scale (meaning not drawn 1:1 true size). I'm too confused to find the paper size desired...but the width:height ratio is 1.5, so maybe 24x36 (this would require a 1:2000 plot scale in model space)? Not sure. I'm confused enough that I would prefer to plot it and see if the scale is true at that paper size. From there, if it's not the right one, you could use a ratio of "what it should measure on paper" to "what it measures on the plotted sheet" and you should get closer to the desired paper size. Maybe it is supposed to be in mm??? I've become too used to the use of layouts and viewports to control the scale....

[jbctln]

You're using a student version of AutoCAD to do a commercial job?

You have an orphan hatch object down in the lower right hand corner of your drawing (in model space). What's up with that?

I would suggest that you NOT use the Defpoints layer for your viewports. You can run into a problem with the layer later on if you freeze layer "0".

What exactly were you hoping to show in your "Bidding" layout viewports?

hahaha, that's not my work, I'm still a student, my friend just gave me the copy of that for reference