Create layout viewports

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View ports and a paper space layout serve as a window

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to see the design content that is drawn in model space

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with view ports.

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You can display areas of a drawing at different scales, different orientations

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and with different views all within the same layout.

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After completing this video,

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you'll be able to create layout view reports in paper space

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open the aurora residence drawing provided in the data set.

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Click on the overall plan layout tab this layout contains only a border.

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We need to create a viewport in order to see the geometry

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that we just saw in model space on the ribbon layout tab,

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click the rectangular tool on the layout viewport panel.

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The polygonal option can also be used for creating irregularly shaped view ports.

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This allows you to create a closed poly line

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which is used for the boundary of the viewport.

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Click two points to create a rectangular shaped viewport by default,

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a viewport created with this method will show the extent of the geometry

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and model space use grips to adjust the corners of the viewport.

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So that only the floor plan is visible,

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select the triangular scale grip

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and choose the scale 1/8 inch to a foot.

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Use the square grip in the middle of the viewport to reposition it if needed.

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Once a Viewport scale is established, it's a good idea to lock the viewport.

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This ensures that while working inside the viewport,

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any zooms and pans do not affect what you see in the viewport, right.

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Click on the viewport and choose display locked and set it to. Yes.

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Next, let's go to the kitchen plan layout

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again. This layout needs a viewport for this layout.

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We're going to insert a view that was created in models space

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as a viewport in paper space on the ribbons layout tab,

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click the insert view button on the layout.

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Viewport panel from the view gallery,

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choose kitchen plan and place the view in the middle of the sheet.

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This view created in models space is inserted as a viewport with its scale

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preassigned by the annotation scale that was current when the view was created.

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Views created with this method are locked by default as indicated on the status bar.

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When the viewport is selected, press escape to release the viewport.

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Now we'll switch to the kitchen elevations layout tab for this layout,

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we will create a viewport from an existing object on the ribbons layout, tab,

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click the arrow beside the rectangular viewport and choose object.

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Select the poly line that is on the sheet,

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double click inside the viewport and on the ribbons view tab,

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click the restore view, drop down and choose the kitchen elevations.

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View lock the viewport by clicking the lock icon on the status bar,

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click the model label on the status bar to close the viewport

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when created properly,

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view ports help you organize and communicate different parts of

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your drawing flexibly in an efficient and effective way.