{"id":8598,"date":"2018-10-23T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/?p=8598"},"modified":"2020-04-07T14:53:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T21:53:22","slug":"know-space-autocad-tuesday-tips-seth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/know-space-autocad-tuesday-tips-seth\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Your Space in AutoCAD: Tuesday Tips With Seth"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I\u2019m working day in and day out, I am constantly doing little things throughout the day that I know every AutoCAD user would appreciate to know.<\/p>\n

The other day I was helping one of the users with something while they were in a layout, and I noticed that they were having a hard time deciphering what \u201cspace\u201d they were in. So, I proceeded to stop them and help with some tips for navigating between model space and paper space.<\/p>\n

First, the UCS icons. This is the easiest way to tell whether you are in paper<\/a> space<\/a> or model<\/a> space<\/a>. The UCS icon should appear in the lower left corner of your drawing. If it is not there, navigate to the Ribbon: View tab > Coordinates panel > UCS icon drop-down and choose Show UCS Icon at Origin.<\/p>\n

\"USC<\/p>\n

Model Space Awareness<\/h2>\n

When you\u2019re in a viewport (model space) in your layout, you should see the standard UCS icon in the lower-left corner of the activated viewport (and notice the \u201cbolded\u201d outline of the active viewport).<\/p>\n

\"Modelspace<\/p>\n

Paper Space Awareness<\/h2>\n

When you\u2019re in the layout (paper space), you should see the right triangle UCS icon on the lower-left corner of your layout.<\/p>\n

\"Paperspace<\/p>\n

Another very easy way is to add the paper space setting in the Status Bar from the Customization icon in the Status Bar.<\/p>\n

\"Status<\/p>\n

This setting will display the current space you are in.<\/p>\n

\"AutuoCAD<\/p>\n

BONUS TIP: Dimension an Object (in Paper Space) With a Solid Hatch in the Way<\/h2>\n

Many companies still annotate in paper space. Well, what do you do when you need to dimension the radius of an arc and there happens to be a solid hatch abutting it?<\/p>\n

\"AutoCAD<\/p>\n

If you try and dimension the radius, from paper space, AutoCAD will not \u201cfind\u201d it. What to do?! The steps for this process are listed below.<\/p>\n