How to layout and scale a drawing in AutoCAD Page Setup

1. Open your AutoCAD drawing. 2. Select the Layout tab (beside Model tab in lower left corner of screen) 3. Then Right Click on the Layout tab and select Rename from the menu then type in the name of the sheet size that you want the drawing to be (ie. 11 x 17) and press [Enter].
Right Click Tab Next rename layout 1 to the new sheet size 11 x 17 by right clicking on the tab and selecting rename

4. Then Right click on the same layout tab and select Page Setup Manager from the menu. 5. Select the new layout that you just renamed and click Modify. 6. In the page setup screen, select a printer/plotter from the drop down menu that can accommodate the sheet size drawing that you wish to set up. *Note: a plotter is a large size printer that can print oversized sheets that smaller printers cannot.

Select a printer

7. Select a paper size from the drop down menu that matches your desired final print size (ie. 11 x 17). 8. Select Layout from the menu options for Plot Area.

9. Select 1:1 for a Plot Scale. 10. Select your drawing orientation Landscape or Portrait. 11. Select Monochrome or Grayscale from the pen assignment drop down menu. 12. Finally click Ok then Close. 13. The page set up is complete. The next step is to make the drawing which was created in Model Space appear on the new layout sheet that you just created. This is done by creating a Viewport on your new layout sheet.

Creating a Viewport
14. With your new layout page visible on the screen (ie. Make sure you are not in Model Space or on another Layout tab) click on the Command Line (bottom left hand side of the page) so your cursor appears after the [Command:] prompt 15. At the Command prompt type the letters mv and press [Enter]. *Note: mv is the command for make viewport.
Type in the command line the letters mv then press [Enter] *Note that mv is short for makeviewport

16. Once again click on the command line so your cursor appears following the [Command:] prompt. 17. This time at the Command prompt type the letter f and press [Enter]. *Note f is the command for fit.
Now type in the command line the letter f *Note that f is short for fit

18. Your drawing should now appear on your new page layout. The next step is to Scale the drawing.

Scaling a Drawing
19. Click somewhere outside the page border of your new drawing and drag the mouse over a section of the Viewport so that it becomes selected.
Click and drag

To scale the drawing begin by selecting the viewport by clicking and dragging the mouse over the border

20. At the bottom right side of your screen locate the Viewport Scale button (which only becomes visible when your Viewport is visible). 21. Click the Viewport Scale button and select a scale from the menu that appears suitable for the page size that you have just setup. *Note: if you simply require the drawing to fit nicely on the page then selecting a suitable scale is just a matter of trial and error until you are satisfied with the way the drawing fits the page. Otherwise, you must know the specific scale requirement (ie. 1/8=1-0)

Select 1/8=10

Next select the Scale = 1/8=1-0 from the menu shown here.

22. All the steps for Layout and Scaling a drawing are now complete. Your drawing is ready to print. See the AutoCAD Printing help sheet for instructions on printing.

Your drawing is now scaled and ready to print

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