LAYOUT (Command)

Creates and modifies drawing layouts.

Find

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. The new tab is inserted before the copied layout tab.

Delete

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

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

New

Creates a new layout tab. 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. Only the first 31 characters are displayed on the tab.

Template

Creates a new layout tab 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 unused named objects, such as unused blocks and layers. You can then use the template to create new layouts in your drawings without having to use the purge the unneeded information.

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 Options dialog box.

Set

Makes a layout current.

?—List Layouts

Lists all the layouts defined in the drawing.