Simple Question

[SRS2006]

I haven't used Autocad in years and I need a little help.
I have a 6 drawings on my model view. How do I save each drawing to seperate files?

When I open the layouts I see 6 small drawings.

I want to plot these drawings and then convert them to pdfs. I have a copy of Bluebeam to convert to pdf.

thanks

 

[JStephen]

Normally, you'd save them all as one drawing file.

Assuming you have a paperspace layout, you can double click in the viewport and zoom it around to the view you want. Either repeat for the other views or create 5 more more paperspace layouts and have one for each view.

You could just save that file as 6 different file names, then go into each one and delete the extraneous items. It wouldn't take too long, but there's really no reason to do that.

 

[IFRs]

In Model Space, type WBLock, follow the prompts and select each set of objects one at at time, repeating WBlock until nothing is left. Then quit the drawing without saving it. WBlock creates a drawing file with the objects you select.

 

[SRS2006]

thanks. I now have 6 different files. How do save them to a layout in the proper size. The size to fit the entire paper.

 

[IFRs]

One way is to start a new drawing and in Paper Space draw or insert your title block 1:1 scale. Use the layout tab to set the printer options to print that paper 1:1. Create a viewport using MView to include most if not all of the area inside the border. Make the scale of the viewport suitable considering your other model size. Then go to model space. Save it as a template. Open one of your detail drawings and copy/paste into the template model space. Save the template as a new drawing. Goto Paper Space, pan inside the viewport until the model objects are centered. Plot 1:1