AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2012 Essentials: Autodesk® Official Training Guide: Essential

Applying Group Plot Styles

Throughout this chapter, you have been working with several sheets worth of section views all neatly arranged within predefined sheet borders. You may be wondering what controls this behavior, and if you guessed that it's some sort of style, you are correct. The arrangement of multiple section views is accomplished by a group plot style.

A group plot style uses an assortment of settings to configure the layout of multiple section views. When section view groups are created, there are two placement options: Production and Draft. When a section view group is created using the Production placement option, the layout of ...