Align Paperspace view with Modelspace rectangle

[slinkaii]

Is there a way to align a modelspace rectangle to viewport extents in paperspace? My situation is that I have several page 'layouts' (complete with paper size boundaries and title blocks) drawn in 2D modelspace, as this is how I have been plotting up until now. I am trying to set up these 'layouts' in actual paperspace Layout Tabs for batch processing, and I would like a way to position my view within a viewport so that the recatngle that I have drawn in modelspace snaps to the viewport extents. I am sure this is a 'day1' type of question, but I'm very new to paperspace Layouts. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks

Mike

[ReMark]

You do realize that to make effective use of paper space layouts your title block and border really belong over in the layout and not in model space? What you are doing seems counterproductive. Might as well just plot from model space and skip using layouts altogether.

[slinkaii]

Yes, I'm getting that. I do have most of the work complete in modelspace (aside from pdf plotting) and am looking for a way to complete this project in a half-backwards way (the backwards part is already done, and I am trying to limit it to half). If I can find a way to do this sort of alignment, I can batch process. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks

Mike

[ReMark]

I vaguely recall a lisp routine that might do the trick but I can't recall where I may have come across it.

 

Half-backwards....yep, that's one way of putting it. LOL

 

Addendum:

 

Actually it was the ALIGNSPACE command in Express Tools I was thinking of and not a custom lisp routine. Maybe that will work for you. Can't say for sure because I've never used it.

[BIGAL]

You can set a ucs for each Title block use ucs ob S name etc then just paperspace viewport ucs r name plan this will auto zoom extents. just set your viepwort to a fraction larger size than the title block.

 

It would be much better thought to put titles in papere space and use viewports with then same thing use UCs or Views at correct scale.