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Organizing layouts

Organizing layouts - AutoCAD Tutorial

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Organizing layouts

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Each layout in your drawing represents a printable sheet. By default, every drawing starts with two layouts. If necessary, you can add or remove layouts to accommodate the needs of any design. In this lesson, we'll learn how to manage layout tabs. On my screen I have a drawing of a floor plan, and I've already configured a layout such that I can print this drawing. I'm going to hover over layout one. When I do, we can see a thumbnail of what that layout looks like. I'll click to select layout one. And the first thing I'd like to do is rename this layout. Layout one isn't very descriptive. To rename the layout, I'll double click on the tab name. This gives me access to the text and I'll call this layout Proposed Floor Plan and I'll press Enter. Next I'll hover over layout two. When you see a thumbnail that looks like this it means that the layout has not yet been configured to print. I'll select layout two. I really don't need this layout, so I'd like to delete it. To delete a layout…

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