Extending the limits of the cut space on a drawing with a border. 1

[bdn2004]

I am working on an existing plan drawing that has the paperspace and model space. When in paperspace there is a cut line around the drawing and the drawing border. All of this is black background. Outside of this is a white background.

What I want to do is copy an identical drawing right next to it in the same file. The trouble is when I copy it, it won't copy into the black background inside the cut line. When I change the limits it still doesn't. I attached a sketch that tries to explain it.

What do I need to do to get the copy into the cut space or extend the cut space?

 

[chicopee]

Your so called "cut' line" is actually the display margin which is dependent on type of printer and the paper size on which you plan to have your drawing. To get rid of the display margin do the following:
Got to TOOLS>DISPLAY>LAYOUT ELEMENT>THEN UNCHECK DIPLAY MARGIN and DIPLAY BACKGROUND. The paper space will be all whitE or black or other selected colors from the WINDOW ELEMENTS section. Then in LAYOUT copy the viewport to show your second drawing as in indicated in your OP.

 

[ohiocad]

If I understand the OP, that black area (or white, depending on your color settings) is the theoretical printed sheet size.

To get it to encompass the one that you're pasting in as well, right click on the layout tab, and go to the page setup manager, click modify for that page setup, and change what to plot to extents, and the scale to fit to paper.

Obviously this changes the scale that it prints at, you're shrinking the objects in paper space to fit on the nominal sheet..... If you're just pasting something in temporarily, I would leave as-is, or follow chicopee's instructions above to change colors, but you'll no longer see the nominal sheet to know if your print settings for the layout are 1/4" = 1'-0" instead of 1/2" = 1'-0" until you print.

One more comment based on headaches I've run across with this before, be careful pasting into PS outside your typical border. Never know what will print, but usually, it will be the one you DIDN'T want to..... Lease that was it for me.