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the first part the interface I'd like to talk about is this large
area in the middle of the screen this is called model space
and it represents our virtual drafting board as you can see I have a drawing
open currently
I do not expect you to open the same drawing the only reason I've opened the
file is so that we're not looking at a completely blank interface
now the best part about model space is that it's infinite concise
that means we can draw anything we want whether it's a contact lens
or a complete city block and we can draw to true size or 121
this is a complete departure from the way we did things when we drafted with
paper and pencil
when we were creating our drawings on paper we had to constructor geometry to
a skilled
such that it would fit within the confines of the sheet now that we're
creating our geometry in model space
we are no longer restricted to the boundaries of our page
we can constructor geometry true scale model space is more than just a flat
plane
it's also a 3d environment take a look at the stool in the upper right corner
this is called the view cue in this I passed my cursor around over this block
we can see several hot spots I'm gonna click the hot spot in the lower right
corner
when I do AutoCAD adjusts my view such that i'm looking at model space from a
southeast
isometric view I can further change my view by selecting additional hot spots
on the skill
at this point I'm going to come over to the navigation bar
and click the Zoom extends to all to maximize my geometry and scream
another model space tool that's commonly used in 3d
is the series have menus in the upper left corner if I open me
menu in the center I can select additional views much like we can with
the view cube
if I select the menu on the right I can adjust my visual style
altering the way my 3d geometry looks on screen
as an example I'm going to select conceptual
and you can see the difference let me stress that we are going to be working
in 2d in this title
the reason why I'm showing you these additional 3d tools is
in the event you extend the change one of them you can always set your screen
back the way it was
that being said I'm going to change my visual style back to 2d wireframe
and I'm going to go back to a top view the same view where we started
I'll do that by clicking the top hot spot on the View cube
and fortunately the orientation of my part is correct
in the event your geometry gets rotated you can always use these girls in the
upper right corner
to rotate your view in ninety degree increments once again %ah maximize my
geometry and scream
if we look towards the bottom of the interface we can see that model space is
actually a tam
I'm going to select layout 1 we'll see what that Tampa looks like
this looks very similar to a sheet of paper that's because it is a sheet of
paper
AutoCAD allows us to set up these layouts such that we can print
are finished drawings now if you're not seen tabs in your interface they may be
hidden
I'm going to hide mine momentarily so I can show you how to restore them
to hide the Tamms I will right click on one of them and I'll choose hide
layout and model tapes this converse the temps down to a couple if I can stand
here my status bar
and these icons work just fine I like the functionality of the tabs a little
bit better
to restore the tabs I will right click and either of these icons and shoes
display
layout model taps when I'm finished are returned a model space by clicking the
model tayibe
after seeing model space for the first time
I'm sure you'll agree that AutoCAD is taking the concept of a traditional
drafting board
to a completely new level