Send to Layout - Snap to Point

[JKEdmo]

Another forum discussion touched on plans (layout boxes) aligning exactly from page to page.

 

To achieve this I currently just copy/paste/hold position my layout box to the new sheet and update the view.

 

But, can somebody explain to me how the other "Snap to Active CAD Point" method works in order to get exact positioning (or point me to a video)?  I tried this but couldn't quite figure it out.  I figure it's time I learned.

 

Thanks,

 

Jim

 

 

 

 

[Joe_Carrick]

I just make a cad rectangle that matches the sheet size.  I display the sheet boundary to get it right.  Then when I send to layout - full sheet all my plan views are perfectly aligned.

[JKEdmo]

This is how I understood the procedure after reading the help file: 

 

In my PLAN view, I place a temporary point as an alignment reference:

 

 

On my layout sheet, I place another temporary point as the destination reference point...

 

 

When I send to layout, the layout box will align at those two points.  Is this correct?

 

Jim

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Eric_S]

6 minutes ago, JKEdmo said:

When I send to layout, the layout box will align at those two points.  Is this correct?

 

Hello Jim,

With this option, the layout box is placed on the page so that the CAD point sits on the left side of the box, centered vertically. CAD points placed in Plan do not affect this.

This is clearer when you select the layout box:

[JKEdmo]

25 minutes ago, Eric_S said:

 

Hello Jim,

With this option, the layout box is placed on the page so that the CAD point sits on the left side of the box, centered vertically. CAD points placed in Plan do not affect this.

This is clearer when you select the layout box:

 

Thanks Eric for clarifying.

 

Jim

 

 

[JKEdmo]

1 hour ago, Joe_Carrick said:

I just make a cad rectangle that matches the sheet size.  I display the sheet boundary to get it right.  Then when I send to layout - full sheet all my plan views are perfectly aligned.

Thanks for the good tip.

 

Jim

 

[SHCanada2]

and for those of us who rarely every send to layout...is there a method?

[MoeGia]

Once I have a view positioned where I want it, I place a point at a corner of the  plan or floor line for an elevation.  Then use point to point to position the others in the same location.

[SHCanada2]

4 hours ago, MoeGia said:

Once I have a view positioned where I want it, I place a point at a corner of the  plan or floor line for an elevation.  Then use point to point to position the others in the same location.

hmmm not sure I understand, can you elaborate? i.e. are you doing this on top of the layout box?