In this video, Shaun Bryant demonstrates how to use the Page Setup Manager in AutoCAD.
- [Instructor] You'll notice in this video,…I've kept the Metric Title Block open.…And we're going to be looking at page setups and…the Page Setup Manager in a moment.…The reason I've kept the Metric Title Block…open is I'm used to metric.…I'm used to millimeters, meters, centimeters,…decimeters and so on.…If you're used to Imperial, you might want to keep…the Imperial Title Block Drawing open and use…the Page Setup Manager on that particular…Title Block Drawing instead, it's entirely up to you.…I'm just going to stick with metric because it's what…I'm used to in the U.K. here and that's what I've…worked with all throughout my working life whilst…working in the U.K.…
Now, I've got the drawing open, Metric Title Block.dwg.…You can see that at the top of the screen.…We're going to look at the Page Setup and the…Page Setup Manager, that allows us to manage…those page setups.…So right now, I'm in an ISO A1 metric drawing size.…We talked about that in previous videos.…I'm going to come down to the ISO A1 Layout Tab…
Author
Shaun Bryant
Released
10/26/2017- Communicating your design intent
- Drawing sizes in AutoCAD
- Deciding on the appropriate drawing size
- Using page setups to maintain drawing size
- Developing a suitable title block
- Setting up your layers to industry standards
- Creating plans and elevations
- Developing sections in the Model tab
- Setting up viewports and scales
- Creating standard layouts
- Printing out layouts
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome2m 1s
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Using the exercise files1m 47s
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1. Why Construction Drawings?
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2. Drawing Sizes in AutoCAD
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Metric drawing sizes4m 42s
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Imperial drawing sizes (USA)3m 57s
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The Page Setup Manager4m 13s
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3. Title Blocks and Attributes
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Drawing a simple title block5m 21s
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Setting a simple page setup4m 52s
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4. Setting Up Your Layers to Industry Standards
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Setting layers to an optimum5m 36s
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5. Creating Plans and Elevations
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6. Creating Sections
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7. Creating Detail Views
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Annotating details4m 15s
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8. Setting Up Viewports and Scales
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Customizing the scale list4m 11s
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Using annotative scaling7m 48s
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9. Creating Standard Layouts
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Naming the layout tabs2m 49s
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Setting up page setups5m 27s
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10. Setting Up for Printing and Publishing
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Printing individual layouts3m 23s
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Using Autodesk Design Review3m 26s
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Conclusion
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Next steps54s
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