Layouts

In Bricscad, you can create multiple layouts for a single drawing. Each layout represents a sheet of paper. For each layout you can specify the print area, print scale, lineweight scale, pen mappings, and add viewports, dimensions, a title block, and other geometry specific to the layout. The entities you add to a layout in paper space do not appear in model space.

Each layout requires at least one layout viewport. Viewports can display all or part of  the drawing’s model space entities. Each drawing can contain up to 255 layouts.

To add new layouts you can either define it yourself  or your can import a layout from another drawing (template (.dwt) file, drawing (.dwg) file, or drawing interchange (.dxf) file)

Creating a new layout

1. Do one of the following:

2. Click the New Layout tool button () on the Layout toolbar.

3. Choose Layout > New Layout in the Insert menu.

4. Type layout in the command bar, press Enter, then type N and press Enter.

The command bar reads: Enter a layout name. <Layout1>:

2. Do one of the following:

3. Type a unique name for the layout, then press Enter.
   The name can be up to 255 characters in length and can contain letters, numbers, the dollar sign ($), hyphen (-), and underscore (_), or any combination.

4. Right click or press Enter to accept the default name (e.g. Layout1).

The new layout tab is added.

3. Create at least one viewport. (See Creating viewports in a layout for more information.)

Copying layouts

1. Right click the layout tab you want to copy.
   A context menu displays.

2. Choose Copy in the context menu.
   The command bar reads: Enter new layout name:

3. Type a new unique name in the command bar, then press Enter.
   A copy of the selected layout is added.

Importing layouts

1. Right click the Model tab or one of the layout tabs.
   A context menu displays.

2. Choose From Template... in the context menu.
   The  Select Template From File window opens.

3. Browse to the drawing that you want to import layouts from.

4. Click the Open button on the  Select Template From File window.
   The Insert Layout(s) window opens.

5. Select the layout(s) you want to import.
   Press and hold the Ctrl key to select multiple layouts.

6. Click the OK button on the Insert Layout(s) window.
   The selected layouts are imported.

Renaming layouts

1. Right click the layout tab you want to rename.
   A context menu displays.

2. Choose Rename in the context menu.
   The Rename Layout dialog opens.

3. Type a new unique name in the Name field of the Rename Layout dialog.

4. Click the OK button on the Rename Layout dialog.

Arranging layout tabs

1. Right click the layout tab you want to move.
   A context menu displays.

2. Do one of the following:

3. Choose Move Right.

4. Choose Move Left.

3. To move the selected layout tab do one of the following:

4. Select the number of tab positions.

5. Choose Move to Last Layout or Move to First Layout.

Deleting a layout

1. Right click the layout tab you want to move.
   A context menu displays.

2. Choose Delete in the context menu.
   The selected layout is deleted.