Layouts and Output Flashcards

You put a viewport on a layer whose plot setting is turned off. What happens when you plot?

Answer: The viewport border does not plot, but the model geometry inside it does

The layer's plot setting affects only the viewport object, not the model space geometry shown inside it.

Which command temporarily enlarges a layout viewport to fill the drawing area so you can edit it?

Answer: VPMAX

VPMAX maximizes the selected viewport, and VPMIN restores it.

When you select Plot to file with a non-PDF plotter driver, what file extension is created by default?

Answer: .plt

Plot to file creates a .plt file that can be sent to the plotter later.

With DIMASSOC set to 2, you place a paper space dimension on a 10 m wall seen through a 1:50 viewport. What value does it show?

Answer: 10 m, the true model length

Associative paper space dimensions measure model geometry at its true size, no matter what the viewport scale is.

Which command saves all visible objects in the current layout to the model space of a new drawing?

Answer: EXPORTLAYOUT

EXPORTLAYOUT makes a new drawing in which the layout's visible content is placed in model space.

Viewports in a layout are already scaled correctly. Which plot scale should you usually use for that layout?

Answer: 1:1

Layouts are drawn at real paper size, so you plot them at 1:1 and the viewports keep their own scales.

You change a plot setting in the Plot dialog box and want it saved to the layout for next time. Which option should you select?

Answer: Apply to Layout

Apply to Layout saves the current Plot dialog box settings to the layout.