LAYOUT (Command)

Creates and modifies drawing layouts.

Access Methods

 Menu:  Insert Layout New Layout

 Menu:  Insert Layout Layout from Template

 Toolbar: Status bar Layout drop-down Create New Layout

List of Prompts

The following prompts are displayed.

Enter layout option [Copy/Delete/New/Template/Rename/SAveas/Set/?] <set>:

Note: Many of these options are available by right-clicking a layout tab name.

Copy

Copies a layout. If you do not provide a name, the new layout assumes the name of the copied layout with an incremental number in parentheses.

Delete

Deletes a layout. The most current layout is the default.

The Model layout cannot be deleted. To remove all the geometry from the Model layout, you must select all geometry and use the ERASE command.

New

Creates a new layout. Up to 255 layouts can be created in a single drawing.

Layout names must be unique. Layout names can be up to 255 characters long and are not case sensitive.

Template

Creates a new layout based on an existing layout in a template (DWT), drawing (DWG), or drawing interchange (DXF) file. If the FILEDIA system variable is set to 1, a standard file selection dialog box is displayed for selecting a DWT, DWG, or DXF file. After you select a file, the Insert Layouts dialog box is displayed, which lists the layouts saved in the selected file. After you select a layout, the layout and all objects from the specified template or drawing file are inserted into the current drawing.

Rename

Renames a layout. The last current layout is used as the default for the layout to rename.

Layout names must be unique. Layout names can be up to 255 characters long and are not case sensitive.

Saveas

Saves a layout as a drawing template(DWT) file without saving any unreferenced symbol table and block definition information. You can then use the template to create new layouts in your drawings without having to eliminate unnecessary information. See “Reuse Layouts and Layout Settings” in the User's Guide.

The last current layout is used as the default for the layout to save as a template. If the FILEDIA system variable is set to 1, a standard file selection dialog box is displayed in which you can specify the template file in which to save the layout.

The default layout template directory is specified in the Application Preferences dialog box.

Set

Makes a layout current.

?—List Layouts

Lists all the layouts defined in the drawing.