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Chapter 41:

Layout

The Chief Architect layout facility provides a Chapter Contents
set of easy to use tools for creating printed • Layout Preferences and Defaults
construction documents. You can create your • The Layout Tools
own title block and border, then arrange • Creating a Layout File
multiple views, details, notes, and more on a • CAD and Text in Layout
page for printing. Working drawings or • Pictures, Metafiles, and PDFs in Layout
blueprints can be created in almost any paper • Sending Views to Layout
size. • Keeping Layout Views Current

Each layout can contain many pages, and • Displaying Layout Views
each page can contain multiple views, • Editing Layout Views
details, images, CAD objects, text, or • Editing Layout Lines
contents and revision tables. • Layout Box Specification Dialog
• Opening Layout Views
For detailed information about printing in • Managing Layout Links
Chief Architect, see “Printing and Plotting” • Layout Page Management
on page 1319. • Layout Page Information
• Layout Page and Revision Tables
• Printing Layout Files
• Exporting Layout Files

Layout Preferences and Defaults

You can specify the background color the COLORS panel of the Preferences dialog.
of the drawing area in layout files on See “Colors Panel” on page 107.

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