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Understanding paperspace and modelspace

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Understanding paperspace and modelspace

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- [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 need to get black lines on white paper. To scale our final prints, AutoCAD uses Layouts and concepts known as Paper Space and Model Space. These are somewhat abstract concepts, so don't feel bad if it takes a little bit of practice and a little use to become comfortable with them. Obviously, we cannot print a house plan in one-to-one scale on a piece of paper. It has to be scaled down. Rather than scaling down our geometry and losing the convenience of drawing in real space, we're going to use Layouts. So, Model Space is where we will create our geometry, drawn in real dimensions. Each layout represents a piece of paper and is also drawn to real scale. So, I'm using a 36 by 24 rectangle to represent a 36 by 24 piece of paper. Now, to show the geometry I created in Model…

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