Set and lock the scale of a layout viewport

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Once you have created view reports on a layout,

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the next step is to configure those viewpoints so that they show the exact geometry

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you want displayed within the viewport at the scale you want them to print.

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The furniture plan layout includes three separate view ports.

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Presently, each shows the same model geometry. At the same scale.

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In this exercise,

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you will adjust the rectangular viewport in the lower left

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to show the entire floor plan at a scale of 1/8 inch equals 1 ft.

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The circular viewport will include just the conference table and chairs

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at a scale of one quarter inch equals 1 ft.

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And the polygonal viewport in the upper left

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will include just the reception desk and chair

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at a scale of one half inch equals 1 ft.

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First, make sure you are working in paper space

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on the status bar. You should see the word paper

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and in the lower left corner of the window,

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you should see the paper space icon.

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If you see the word model on the status bar,

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click it

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to toggle back to paper space or simply double

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click anywhere in the layout outside the view ports.

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Since a viewport is an object.

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When you select the border of the viewport in the lower left,

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you see a square grip in each corner

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as well as a square grip and a triangular grip in the center of the viewport,

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you can use the corner grips to change the size of the viewport

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and the square grip in the center to move the viewport.

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When you click the triangular grip, you see a list of the available scales,

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select 1/8 inch equals 1 ft.

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When you do the entire viewport changes size,

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the viewport is now at the desired scale

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but it has been reduced so that its borders match the extent of the view at that scale

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toggle off object snap and then use the grips

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to adjust the viewport back to its previous size.

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With the viewport border selected on the status bar,

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you can see that the Viewport scale is still set to 1/8 inch equals 1 ft,

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click the lock tool

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to lock the viewport so that you do not accidentally change its scale.

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Then press escape to deselect the viewport,

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double click inside the circular viewport to make it the active viewport.

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Now you are working in model space within the context of the viewport

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on the status bar. You see the word model

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and the viewport now has a bold border

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pan the contents of the viewport so that the

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conference table and chairs are centered in the viewport.

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Then on the status bar, expand the scale menu and select one quarter inch equals 1 ft.

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Since you used the tool on the status bar, only the scale of the viewport changes

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the size of the viewport did not change

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again on the status bar.

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Click the lock tool to lock the viewport so

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that you do not accidentally change its scale.

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Double click inside the polygonal viewport to make it the active viewport,

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then pan and zoom.

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So that only the reception desk and chair and the adjacent wall and door are visible

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on the status bar. Expand the scale tool and select one half inch equals 1 ft.

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If the desk chair, wall and door are no longer entirely visible in the viewport

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pan until the objects are properly positioned,

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be careful not to zoom because while the viewport

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is active zooming changes the scale of the viewport.

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If you do accidentally change the scale

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on the status bar, expand the scale list again

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and set the scale back to one half inch equals 1 ft

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once the view is positioned properly,

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and the tool on the status bar indicates that the scale

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of the viewport is one half inch equals 1 ft.

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Use the lock tool to lock the viewport.

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Once the viewport has been locked,

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zooming, no longer changes the scale of the viewport.

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But instead zooms the entire sheet even though the

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viewport is still selected as the active viewport.

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Double click outside the viewport to return to paper space.

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Now that all three view ports are at the correct scale and have been locked.

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You cannot accidentally change their scale.

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Each viewport now shows the desired contents

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at the desired scales.