Last year we released a preview beta soliciting feedback at the request of our friends in the AUGI Japan user group AUGI-JP. The AutoCAD/LT 2008 Export Layout to Model Space preview tool provided the capability to take a snapshot of a drawing layout to create a ready-to-use model space drawing. With the capability to export layout objects to model space, customers who have limited their use of layouts in order to exchange drawings with other CAD systems will be able to fully realize the benefits of AutoCAD 2008 annotation scaling, layers per viewport, and other enhanced layout features.
After around the world great feedback on the preview we included this ability into AutoCAD 2009.
Export a Layout (Paperspace)
To a Modelspace DWG file.
Thank you for all the great feedback and to AUGI-JP for the initial request for the functionality that after release we found was a universal need.
Cheers,
Shaan
So what is the benifit of doing this over chspace (change space)?
Hey Makayla great to hear from you and I will be in Seattle for your user group meeting in July 2008.
OK down to the nitty gritty of your question. What is the difference between Export Layouts and the Express Tool Change Space.
Great Question. The easiest explanation is that EXPORTLAYOUT command is one step to convert and export of the Layout to a model space drawing where CHSPACE is a per object/viewport command.
Make sense?
Cheers,
Shaan
How do you use the exportlayout command, I installed it and went to my paperspace tab and at the command line typed exportlayout, unknown command came back. I am using civil 3d. can you help?
Thanks
Thomas,
This function is only for AutoCAD.
Regards,
Shaan