Chapter 8

Paper Space and Model Space

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In case of manual drawing, one of the major objectives of the draftsman is to organise the different projection views of a component or a group of components in the available area of the drawing sheet. Sometimes, in addition to the usual views, an enlarged view of a particular portion of the component may be required to be shown on the drawing sheet to clarify a minute detail of that portion. In such situations, it may be essential to incorporate more than one scale in the same drawing sheet. In AutoCAD, you have so far drawn in the model space environment as this is the default option provided by the software. In addition, you have looked at the ...

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