Exercise 1: Configuring Viewports - Autodesk CIVIL3D - CIVILDESIGNCOMP 2007 SLM CD Tutorials Manual

in your drawing, in just a few seconds you can create sheets that automatically
display the desired data.
NOTE To set up a drawing for creating cross section sheets, see the
Section Views tutorial
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Preparing for Plan
Production.

Exercise 1: Configuring Viewports

In this exercise, you will learn how to prepare an existing drawing template
for use with the plan production tools.
Before using your own custom templates for plan production, you must set
the layout viewport type to either Plan or Profile.
By default, most of the templates provided with AutoCAD Civil 3D have the
Viewport Type property set to Undefined. However, the plan production
templates that are included have viewports that are already configured to the
appropriate viewport type: plan or profile.
For more information, see the AutoCAD Civil 3D Help topic Setting Up Drawing
Templates for Plan Production.
Examine viewport properties in an existing template
1 Click Quick Access toolbar
Template\Plan Production folder
and Profile.dwt.
NOTE In the Select File dialog box, ensure that Files of Type is set to Drawing
Template (*.dwt).
The template contains two viewports.
2 Select the top viewport. Right-click. Click Properties.
Examine the settings of the viewport, including the size and position
contained in the Geometry category.
3 On the Properties palette, scroll down to the Viewport category.
4 Double-click the cell next to Viewport Type.
The drop-down list displays the configuration options for the viewport.
The current (top) viewport is set to Plan, while the bottom viewport is
806 | Chapter 20 Plan Production Tutorials
(page 569).
Open. Navigate to the
(page 819). Open Civil 3D (Imperial) Plan
Creating
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