sarah9961 Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Hi. I am very new to autocad (6 weeks) but I think I am picking up ok (ish) from numerous youtube tutorials, thread readings and books. I am having difficulty in printing different elevations on one sheet. ideally I want all 4 sides across the top of a page and a floor plan below. I am also experiencing difficulty's with dormers. in n that I cannot get a wall to attach to mid roof slab they only seem to attach to the top or ceiling level. any help gratefully received and i've attached my current plan for scrutiny Thanks 18 Feb 2014 old.dwg Quote
ReMark Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 What sheet size did you have in mind to use? I'm guessing it's A1. What scale were you thinking of using? Might I suggest that your first layout be just the floor plan and place all your elevations in a second layout? Quote
ReMark Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 (edited) Visual style: 2Dwireframe Sheet size: A1 All viewports have a scale of 1:50. Edited February 20, 2014 by ReMark Quote
ReMark Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Visual style: 3DHidden Were you eventually going to add windows in the bathroom, bedroom (at back of house) and kitchen? Quote
sarah9961 Posted February 20, 2014 Author Posted February 20, 2014 so I want to print on A3 at a scale of 1:50 I am trying to do my plans myself as the modifications we plan to make are reasonably straightforward. a small extension on the back and loft conversion. which I have done the ground floor plans for. the biggest problems I am facing are with the dormer addition and printing, is there something up with my workspace or any settings I need to know about? Thanks Quote
sarah9961 Posted February 20, 2014 Author Posted February 20, 2014 how did you do that? [ATTACH=CONFIG]47027[/ATTACH]Visual style: 3DHidden Were you eventually going to add windows in the bathroom, bedroom (at back of house) and kitchen? Quote
ReMark Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 how did you do that? I just changed my visual style in each viewport. Quote
ReMark Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 so I want to print on A3 at a scale of 1:50 I am trying to do my plans myself as the modifications we plan to make are reasonably straightforward. a small extension on the back and loft conversion. which I have done the ground floor plans for.the biggest problems I am facing are with the dormer addition and printing, is there something up with my workspace or any settings I need to know about? Thanks You will not be able to fit all four elevations and a floor plan on an A3 sheet using the scale of 1:50. Quote
sarah9961 Posted February 20, 2014 Author Posted February 20, 2014 is there any website you can pint me to as I am not really clear on how I can change visual styles in viewpoints? and thanks for the tip would I can split over more pages. Thanks Quote
sarah9961 Posted February 20, 2014 Author Posted February 20, 2014 do you have any dormer tips for me too? Quote
sarah9961 Posted February 20, 2014 Author Posted February 20, 2014 I've figured out the visual styles one now thanks. just need to resolve the dormer issue and I'll be sorted (for today) Quote
ReMark Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 do you have any dormer tips for me too? Sorry, I can't help you with the dormer as I don't use AutoCAD Architecture. Quote
sarah9961 Posted February 20, 2014 Author Posted February 20, 2014 Cool thanks, one more small question..I can see the viewpoints great on screen and I've changed the scale right down but not sure how I get the multiple views when I print out? Thanks Quote
ReMark Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 If you are printing from a layout everything you see on your screen should print. Make sure your viewports are on their own layer and the layer is set to "no print". It will look more professional. Quote
sarah9961 Posted February 20, 2014 Author Posted February 20, 2014 sorry, what do you mean by "printing from a layout"? I get there are a few options on the printing side but even with the viewpoints all arranged beautifully (thank you) I am still only getting the active sheet when I print out. Quote
ReMark Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 I use plain AutoCAD. I have a Model space tab and two Layout tabs at the bottom of my screen. If I drew a house floor plan it would be in model space just as you have done it. However, when I want to print, I switch to one of my layouts, drop in my title block and border and then I create my viewport(s). Printing is done from the layout at a scale of 1:1. Quote
ReMark Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 An example of a house I did for Habitat for Humanity. This is one of three layouts (one for the floor plan and two for elevations). All the geometry is in model space. All text and dimensions are in the layout. The red arrow is pointing to my viewport which is on a layer set to "no print". Quote
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