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Understanding paper space and model space

Understanding paper space and model space - AutoCAD for Mac Tutorial

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Understanding paper space and model space

- [Instructor] AutoCAD allows us to draw our geometry in real scale or one to one. This means we can draw a house in real dimensions, but eventually we still need to print black lines on white paper. To scale our final prints, AutoCAD uses a concept called layouts and paper space and model space. These are somewhat abstract concepts, so don't feel bad if it takes a little practice and use to become comfortable with them. Obviously we cannot print a full house at plan one to one scale on a single piece of paper so we have to scale it down. Rather than scaling down our geometry and losing the convenience of drawing in real space, we'll use layouts. Model space, as shown here, is where we create our object geometry drawn in real dimensions. Here if I go up and use the Dimension tool, we can see that this house is approximately 58 feet wide and 31 feet deep. So it is drawn at one to one scale. This means that all the lines and all the components are drawn in real dimensions. At the bottom…

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