{"id":5102,"date":"2016-09-14T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/?p=5102"},"modified":"2020-04-07T16:46:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T23:46:57","slug":"introduction-to-layouts-and-viewports-video-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/introduction-to-layouts-and-viewports-video-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"AutoCAD Video of the Month: Back to Basics: Introduction to Layouts and Viewports"},"content":{"rendered":"

AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT users more or less live inside one of two working environments\u2014model space and paper space\u2014so it behooves you to nail down the fundamentals of each.<\/p>\n

Here, in our hour-long video introduction to layouts and viewports, we give you the 2D half of the story. By default, AutoCAD starts you off in model space, which is a limitless 3D drawing area. You then switch to 2D paper space, with its layouts and viewports, when you\u2019re ready to print or plot.<\/p>\n

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Now, about those paper space layouts and viewports \u2026.<\/p>\n

As noted above, a layout is a 2D environment. There you can specify the size of your drawing sheet, add a title block, display multiple views of your model, and create dimensions and notes for your drawing.<\/p>\n

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On each 2D layout you\u2019ll create viewports that display different views of what you created in 3D model space. Each layout viewport is like a picture frame into model space; the view displays the model at the scale and orientation you specify.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the gist of it. There\u2019s more, but now\u2019s a good time to stop reading\u2014and start watching:<\/p>\n