Practice Exercise | Create a New Layout

In this practice exercise, you create a new layout from the Layout tab and from the Layout Wizard.

1. To create a new layout from the Layout or Model tab:
   • Right-click on the Layout or Model tab.
   • Click New Layout.

     

   Note: If the tabs are not visible, right-click the Layout button on the status bar and click Display Layout and Model Tabs.

   

   • Select the new Layout tab.
   • The settings are based on the prior layout settings.
2. To create a new layout using the Layout Wizard:
   • On the command line, enter LAYOUTWIZARD.
   • Enter a name for the new layout. Enter Floor Plan and click Next.
   • For the Printer, select DWG to PDF.pc3 and click Next.
   • For the Paper Size, select ARCH D (36.00 × 24.00 Inches), Drawing units Inches, and click Next.
   • Select a Landscape orientation and click Next.
   • Select the Architectural Title Block.dwg and click Next.
   • Select a Single Viewport setup with a Viewport scale of 1/8” = 1'-0” and click Next.
   • To set a location on the layout page for the viewport, click Select location < and specify a viewport window clicking points (1) and (2) as indicated below.

     

   • Click Finish.