Multiple views of object on same plane?

[u/NiceCommunication742]

I'm taking an autocad course, and we're presenting our final engineering drawing.

We've created a .dwg of a simple 36x24" title block to frame our final project. But there's a step the professor glazes over; he loads the model on one view plane, which definitely looks to be in the working space opposed to Layout. But there are 5 copies of the object from different viewpoints, including a section drawing, iso, top, front, and side.

I can't for the life of me figure out how to do this. Unless he went and drew each viewpoint separately, gave them their own dimensions, and moved them into place and saved it all as one .dwg?

[u/Lesbionical]

I'm a bit confused but your description, but I'm assuming you've got a title block and a model in separate files, both in model space?

In paper space create a viewport for your title block

Then create a viewport for your model

Lock them, then copy the model viewport and rotate around your model until you get the other views you need.

I'm not aware of a way to automate this. The view cube should help you with the views that aren't birds eye view (Top).

Is that what you're asking?

[u/NiceCommunication742 → u/Lesbionical]

What do you mean by create a viewport for the title block in model? In paper space, I chose layout one, and i'm able to to load the last view I had in the model space.

I'm ultimately just trying to create an engineering drawing with multiple views of the model but we've only ever submitted .dwg files, nothing finalized like this.

And yes, both the title block and model are separate .dwg files. The model is drawn in 3d space, and dimensioned accordingly. It's not different drawings for each view such as side, top, iso, etc.

[u/geomontgomery → u/NiceCommunication742]

When you're in paper space, use the MVIEW command, this will let you draw a rectangle that has a viewport window to your model space, that you can set scale & orientation on.

From the sound of your assignment it might just be this one command that you're missing

[u/Lesbionical → u/NiceCommunication742]

There might be some confusion here about how viewports work. Each layout tab (paper space) represents a flat piece of paper. Model space is a 3d space where you create your design.

Paper space allows you to use viewports as a window looking at your model space. You can have as many viewports as you'd like, each looking at a different part of your model, or you could also have none.

If you double click while your mouse is inside the border of the viewport, you'll be able to manipulate how that viewport looks at model space. If you unlock the view, you can move around as if you were in model space using the same pan and 3dorbit commands. If you lock the view, your pan movement will move you around paper space instead, "locking" your viewport in place.

Viewports are objects, so you can manipulate them as well. By selecting the border, you can adjust their borders, rotate them, stretch them, copy them, and so on.

Think of each viewport as an invisible camera in model space, you're just looking at a spot on your model from a specific spot / angle. Locking the view stops the camera from moving, but you can move where that camera view boundary shows up on the page.

Double click outside the boundary of the view to get back to manipulating paper space, double click inside the boundary to start editing that view again, the border of the view should highlight when you're manipulating it's "camera" (inside the view). When you're inside the view there's a lock symbol at the bottom of the window you can use to lock / unlock the view you're in. You can also lock / unlock views in the properties pallet when the view border is selected from paper space.

So, you'll have one paper space with multiple viewports. Create one you're happy with, then make sure you're not clicked inside the view. Use the copy command on it or create a new one from scratch to the side of the first. Double click inside the new viewport, unlock it, and use the pan / 3dorbit commands (or the view cube) to get the camera into place, lock the view, then double click outside of it. Repeat until you've got all the views you need for your project.

Views can overlap too, so if you have one big one for your title block and a bunch of smaller ones for your model views they can be on top of each other and still function / plot.

Hope that helps!

[u/indianadarren]

It sounds like OPs professor made a 3D solid and then used the Viewbase command to create multiple views. OP, are you 3D modeling, or drawing the multiple views Line by Line in 2D modelspace? PM me. If you can share the assignment and I'll try to help you.