Viewing drawings in paper space and model space

When you work in paper space on a Layout tab, you can still view your drawing in model space. First you need to create a layout viewport in paper space; this allows you to view your model space entities from paper space.

Within a layout viewport you can modify the model space entities, but it is often more convenient to modify these entities on the Model tab.

Zooming or panning the drawing in model space or paper space affects the entire drawing, unless you use multiple windows or viewports.

To view a drawing in model space using the Model tab

• Click the Model tab.

To view a drawing in paper space using a Layout tab

1. Do one of the following:
   • Click one of the Layout tabs.
   • Type layout and then press Enter. In the prompt box, choose Set. Type a name for the layout you want to make current, and then press Enter.

The first time you switch to a Layout tab, your drawing seems to disappear. This is normal. You must create at least one layout viewport to see your work.

To view your drawing in model space using a Layout tab

1. Click the desired Layout tab.
2. Create and view a layout viewport.

NOTE You can switch between model space and paper space using the Model/Paper toggle in the status bar, or by typing mspace or pspace.

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Understanding paper space and model space

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