ACP Layouts and Output 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which command creates layout viewports and offers options such as Polygonal and Object?
- VPLAYER
- VPCLIP
- PSPACE
- MVIEW (Correct answer)
Correct answer: MVIEW
MVIEW creates layout viewports, with options for rectangular, polygonal, or object-based boundaries.
Question 2: After you set a viewport's scale, which property stops the scale from changing when you zoom inside the viewport?
- Clipped set to Yes
- Shade Plot set to As Displayed
- Display Locked set to Yes (Correct answer)
- Annotation Scale set to 1:1
Correct answer: Display Locked set to Yes
Locking the viewport display prevents zoom and pan from changing its scale.
Question 3: An architectural viewport is set to 1/4" = 1'-0". What is the equivalent scale ratio?
- 1:4
- 1:96
- 1:12
- 1:48 (Correct answer)
Correct answer: 1:48
One foot is 12 inches, and 12 divided by 1/4 equals 48, so the ratio is 1:48.
Question 4: You need an existing rectangular viewport to follow an irregular polyline boundary. Which command does this?
- MVIEW
- VPMAX
- VPCLIP (Correct answer)
- CHSPACE
Correct answer: VPCLIP
VPCLIP clips an existing viewport to a selected object or a newly drawn polygonal boundary.
Question 5: How do you hide a layer in one layout viewport while keeping it visible in all other viewports?
- Turn the layer off in the Layer Properties Manager
- Freeze the layer globally
- Set the layer to No Plot
- Use VP Freeze for that layer while that viewport is active (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Use VP Freeze for that layer while that viewport is active
VP Freeze freezes a layer only in the current viewport, so other viewports are not affected.
Question 6: Which command moves selected objects between model space and paper space and keeps their apparent size?
- MOVE
- EXPORTLAYOUT
- COPYCLIP
- CHSPACE (Correct answer)
Correct answer: CHSPACE
CHSPACE moves objects between spaces and scales them so they look the same size.
Question 7: An annotative text object appears in a layout viewport. What controls its displayed size there?
- The plot scale in the Plot dialog box
- The LTSCALE system variable
- The annotation scale of the viewport (Correct answer)
- The DIMSCALE value of the current dimension style
Correct answer: The annotation scale of the viewport
Annotative objects are displayed according to the viewport's annotation scale, which normally matches the viewport scale.
ACP Layouts and Output 2
Which command creates layout viewports and offers options such as Polygonal and Object?