Viewports (views for plotting/printing)

 

Viewport is a (framed) view for plotting/printing. A picture of your objects can be inserted one or more times on Layout (PAPER space) model, which is intended for plotting / printing. Practically, Viewport is like a framed view which holds a specific photography from MODEL space.

 

If you click on Layout you can add a new viewport (view for plotting / printing) by choosing the menu option View -> Add Viewport.

If you are currently in Model Space you can not add viewports, so you have to switch to PAPER space (Layout).

 

In order to understand what a Viewport is, you can look at the example below, where three viewports are added on one page showing the objects within the project.