LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

1. Create a multiple view plot setup

2. Control the hidden line display for plotting

3. Shade one of the views

4. Dimension a multiple view display

5. Hollow the inside out of a solid

PLOTTING MULTIPLE VIEWS

AutoCAD has many commands to create a multiview layout, such as SOLVIEW, SOLDRAW, SOFPROF and DXB plot. You may consider researching these, but in this lesson I will show you 5 quick and simple steps to develop a multiview layout to use for plotting.

STEP 1. SELECTING THE PLOTTER / PRINTER AND PAPER SIZE.

1. Change to your 2D Workspace.

2. Open a solid model drawing. (Example: 2007-3D demo.dwg)

3. Select an unused Layout tab. (If all Layout tabs have been used, create a new Layout tab.)

4. Create a new Page Setup named Multiview . (Refer to page 3-7)

5. Select your printer , Plot Style Monochrome and Paper Size-Letter .

   Close and Set Current the Multiview page setup and Close again.(Refer to pg 3-8)

6. Rename the Layout tab to Multiview . (Refer to page 3-9.)

   

STEP 2. CREATE VIEWPORTS

1. Make the VP layer current.

2. Select VIEW / VIEWPORTS / NEW VIEWPORTS

   

   1. Select FOUR EQUAL

   2. Set Viewport Spacing to: .50

   3. Set Setup...