MODEL and PAPER working environments

 

There are two different working environments or „spaces“ in BabaCAD: Model and Paper spaces.

Switching to work in one of these working environments is done by clicking the button MODEL or on the same position button PAPER in Status line at the bottom of the BabaCAD window. Title of button presents current working environment (space). Status line looks like the one below:

Furthermore, switching between spaces Model and Paper (in this case Layout1) can be done by clicking the tab named Model or clicking the tab with name Layout1, as can be seen on the picture below:

 

Generally, every project in BabaCAD contains geometric objects created in two-dimensional space called MODEL space. When you work in MODEL working environment, you are drawing objects (model) in 1:1 scale.

 

Final look of the model for printing is created in two-dimensional space usually called PAPER space. Limit of this version of BabaCAD is saving only one model view (Layout) per project and it's name is by default „Layout1“. Practically, it means that you should save your project in another file to preserve two model views for printing.

When you work in the PAPER working environment you are creating one or more Viewports. Each Viewport is like framed picture which contains a specific photo from MODEL working environment. In order to learn how to create Viewports click here. Model view (Layout) can be plotted without showing viewport boundary frames.