Visualizing multiple design alternates

When you design something, you never know where your ideas may take you.…You may end up pursuing three or four different variations of a design before…finally deciding on the best solution.…Sometimes visualizing multiple variations in the same drawing file can be confusing.…In this lesson we'll learn an easy way to have as many alternate designs as we…like, while still being able to keep them visually organized.…On my screen I have a concept drawing of an MP3 player.…Take a look at this thumb control. This configuration is considered option one.…

In fact this geometry was drawn on a layer called option1-controls.…I'm going to click to turn this layer off and then I'll click to turn on…the option2-controls. Let's turn this layer off and I'll click to turn on…the option3-controls.…Now this may seem a little strange, but I'm going to click to turn on each of…the options and then I'm going to visit the Layout tab.…This is 11x17 inch title block. Let's start by creating a viewport. I'll select…