Place a View on a Sheet

Place a View on a Sheet
You place views of model drawings onto sheets from the Resource Drawings tab.
1. On the Resource Drawings tab, under Locations, click XYZ_Walls.dwg to select it.
2. Under Details, click Preview to view a thumbnail image of XYZ_Walls.dwg.
3. With XYZ_Walls.dwg still selected, right-click, and on the shortcut menu click Place on
Sheet.
A view of XYZ_Walls.dwg, zoomed to extents, is displayed on your sheet at a default
scale.
4. To change the scale, right-click anywhere on the screen, and then select 1/8" = 1'-0".
5. Click anywhere on your sheet to place the view.
The view is placed on your sheet at the scale you selected.
Notice that a label block is automatically inserted with the view. The default label block
is specified in the sheet set properties.
When you place a view on a sheet, AutoCAD attaches the drawing containing the view
as an xref. AutoCAD also creates a viewport zoomed to the scale you selected. To place
a view on a sheet, you no longer need to manually attach an xref, create a viewport, or
zoom to the correct view and scale within the viewport. With the Sheet Set Manager,
these steps are automated.
Rename a Sheet View
Once a model space view is placed on a sheet, the view is listed as a paper space view on the View List tab.
You rename a paper space view on the View List tab.
1. In Floor Plans.dwg, zoom in on the label block so that you can read the text.
The label block displays the view title and the view scale. You can change the view title
from the View List tab.
2. In the Sheet Set Manager, click the View List tab.
Under Views, XYZ_Walls is listed as a paper space view.
3. Right-click XYZ_Walls, and on the shortcut menu, click Rename and Renumber.
4. In the Rename and Renumber View dialog box, under View Title, replace XYZ_Walls
with Floor Plan, and then click OK.
5. On the View menu, click Regen.
Place a View of a Drawing on a Sheet
The label block is updated with the new view title.