JJ206 Computer & Design 1 Chapter 13

Ch 13: Working with Layouts and Annotative Objects

AutoCAD 2012and

AutoCAD LT 2012 Essentials

By Scott Onstott


Annotative Text Styles• All text objects are associated

with a text style• Every drawing has the Standard

text style created by default• Annotative is a checkbox in the

Text Style dialog box: it is either on or off

• It is not necessary to specify a text height with a text style; if you do the height is fixed in all text objects associated with the style

• Use the Width factor to stretch or shrink text horizontally


Annotation Scale• You are prompted to set the annotation

scale after creating text associated with an annotative text style

• You can manually set the annotation scale in model space by using the menu that appears on the status bar

• Annotative objects do not have representations at all conceivable scales by default; you must create these representations

• Use the toggle on the status bar to automatically add scales to annotative objects when the scale changes


Annotative Dimensions• Dimensions can be made annotative by

checking Annotative in the Create New Dimension Style dialog box, accessible from the DDIM command

• Changing the viewport scale (on the Options bar) automatically changes the annotation scale at the same time to match

• Separate dimension objects are created in each annotation scale you are working in

• Adjust each of these dimension objects independently with grips to fit the surrounding geometry


Hiding the Viewport Frame in Paper Space• Set the current layer to Z-Viewport (or similar such name) prior to creating a

layout and the viewport will reside on this layer• Make the Z-Viewport layer non-plotting (in the Layer Properties Manager) to

hide the viewport frame in the plotted output


Cropping Viewports• Layouts show the edge of paper, limits of the plot device’s ability to print, and

the viewport as separate rectangles in paper space by default• You can control whether the edge of paper, limits of plot device, and/or the

page shadow appear in the OPTIONS command• Never create a viewport that extends beyond the limits of plot device rectangle

or some content within the viewport may not plot


Creating Multiple Layouts• You can create additional layouts in

the Quick View Layouts interface• Click the New Layout tool on the

toolbar that appears in Quick View• After you create a new layout you

must also click its larger icon (shown as Layout2 here) to initialize it

• Click the close box, press Esc or simply click outside the Quick View interface to exit this mode


Adjusting Viewport Content• The scale of the objects in layout

viewports is controlled by zooming in floating model space

• Use the viewport scale menu on the status bar to accurately zoom to specific graphic scales

• Double click inside a viewport to access floating model space

• Double click the layout outside any viewports to return to paper space mode

• Draw title blocks, text, and even dimensions in paper space


Adjusting Viewport Frames• Composing layouts is a balancing act:• First enter floating model space and

select a viewport scale• Be careful not to inadvertently zoom

while in floating model space or the resulting graphic scale will be thrown off

• Switch in paper mode and adjust the size of the viewport to surround the geometry using grip editing


Overriding Layer Properties in Layout Viewports• In floating model space (inside a viewport), layer overrides become available

in the Layer Properties Manager• You can freeze layers in the current viewport and the layers remain on in

other viewports and in TILEMODE=1 (tiled model space)

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