DAY 5

LAYOUTS
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LAYERS

HATCH

CTB

ANNOTATIONS

DIMENSIONS

UCS

LAYOUT

VIEWPORTS
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Any drawing has to follow
a standard format.
The drawing sheet consist
of drawing space, title
block and sufficient
margins.
The layout should
facilitate quick reading of
important particulars.

A typical drawing sheet

consists of the following:
Borders – space left all
around in between the
trimmed edges of the
sheet. A minimum of 10
mm
Filling margin – 20 mm
minimum on left hand
side with border included.
This is provided for taking
perforations.
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Title box – An important
feature which is a must in
every drawing sheet. The
title box is either drawn at
the bottom or at the right
hand side of the sheet.

It contains all the important

details pertaining to the
drawing in the sheet like
the scale of the drawing,
units used, north point
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Grid reference system – For all sizes
of drawing sheets for easy location of
drawing within the frame. The length
and the width of the frames are
divided into even number of
divisions.

Number of divisions for a particular

sheet depends on complexity of the
drawing. The length of the grids lies
between 25 mm to 75mm depending
on the Drawing sheet size.

The grids along vertical edges are

named by capital letters where as
grids along the horizontal edges are
by numerals. Numbering and lettering
start from the corner of the sheet
opposite to the title box and are
repeated on the opposite sides.

The numbers and letters are written

upright.
LAYERS
HATCH
HATCHES
CTB
CTB, or color-dependent, plot
styles are settings for how the 256
available colors in AutoCAD will
appear when you plot them,
including the lineweight assigned
to each color.

When you use CTB styles, you are

essentially adapting some or all of
the colors 0 through 255 to meet
your office standards for plotting.

You can use Color Plot Styles to

plot in black and white or color.
 TASKS FOR THE DAY
1. Compose all the drawings(complete with labelling, dimensioning, hatching etc.)
done so far in layouts. Mention the appropriate scales used.
2. Convert all the composed sheets into PDFs applying proper linewights.