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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09.May.2012 at 08:20
Please guys anybody can help me that how to create a lisp file?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09.May.2012 at 07:01
> ... drawing in a rectangle with some information on it (drawn by: , Assignment #:, etc.) and he calls it a template.

Between you and me, he should call it a Title Block, because that's what it is.  And that's the terminology you'll hear when you start doing drawings you get paid for.  Template files *can* include title blocks, but they don't have to.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09.May.2012 at 06:56
Yeah, that's part of your problem right there.  WBLOCK and INSERT are two completely different operations.  WBLOCK takes a set of objects and writes them out to the disk as a completely new DWG file.  INSERT takes a drawing or a block and places it in a drawing. 

By any chance is it the "template" file (either as a dwg or a block) the part you're trying to put into the Layout?  Is it a title block by any chance?

A word of explanation is in order at this point too.  Your subdivision, or whatever it is, is entirely in Model space, and is drawn to real scale... probably a thousand feet (or meters) or more on a side.  But it's real scale, full units  Stuff in model space is always drawn full scale whether it's in millimeters or parsecs.  But Layout space, otherwise known as Paper space, is just used for prints, plots, or display.  It is not in real units.  It's scaled to fit the medium, and is our Viewport, or window, thru which we look at our drawing.  Think of it as a window you look thru to see your model.  But you create the window.  It's called a Viewport, and you draw it in paper space.  Without a Viewport you can't see the model.

Now explain again what you're trying to do.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09.May.2012 at 05:23
Maybe I should go back a little bit. I am trying to insert a part of my drawing into the Layout 1 by using WBLOCK and then INSERT. 

nothing shows up even though I followed every single youtube videos, AutoCAD help, etc. what could i possibly be doing? 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09.May.2012 at 04:02
Okay then.  I can't think of a better way to convince you to figure out how to use Annotative dimensioning than the process you are about to go thru.  The way you have to do this now is the way AutoCAD users had to do things for years.  You'll need to compute the scale factor necessary to take text objects from model space to your layout views so that they appear at a size you would like.
 
To do this you need to consider what scales you are using in the Layouts.  This will determine how large you need to make your text in the model.  Here's an example:
 
Let's say you want all text in the Layout to be 0.15 inches high.  If your Layout viewport is 1"=100', how large does your text need to be to appear 0.15" high in the viewport?  This is a little more tricky if you are using imperial scales, but the concept is the same.
 
Now, here's the tricky bit.  If you have multiple viewports with different scales you'll need to use differently sized text objects in the model, right?  And what if you only want things to show in the right viewports?  You'll need to put them on different layers.
 
Have a crack at this and let us know if you still need help.
 
btw, Annotative dimstyles take care of all this for you!  All you do there is specify how large you want the text to appear in your layouts and AutoCAD does the rest!  There are a few details to keep track of, but for the most part it's a piece of cake.  And no messing with layer control tricks either.
 
Do it the hard way first.  That's always best.  You'll appreciate the easy way more later.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09.May.2012 at 03:36
My professor prefers to have a drawing in a rectangle with some information on it (drawn by: , Assignment #:, etc.) and he calls it a template. 

And I draw thing on Model view and I want my drawings to be on Layout 1, Layout 2, etc. 

and no. I did not create annotative dimstyle. I am not sure how to do it.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09.May.2012 at 03:16
First, define for me what you mean by "template".  When I hear that word I immediately think of DWT files.  But somehow in this context that doesn't seem correct.  By any chance do you mean "layout"?

Next, when you made your dimensions, did you create an annotative dimstyle and use it?  Or, are your dimensions non-annotative?  And when you placed your dimension objects did you put them in the model with the building objects themselves?

With the answers to these questions we can move on.  I suspect also you meant to say "plan view" of the subdivision... not "front view".  But you can correct me if this is wrong.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09.May.2012 at 03:10
I got them now thank you.

I have another question (not from a study guide but from actual drawing).
I am currently drawing a layout for a subdivision, front view of houses, window, and door. I have to put dimensions for lengths and other things. (The houses are about 80 units wide and 40 units high)

I have to turn them in with a template and when I do that, the numbers are too small to read.

What commands do I use to be able to see the numbers on template? 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07.May.2012 at 10:53
1.  If you wanted to place a new block in a drawing, how would you do it?  There's one answer there.

2.  If you wanted to create a new block in a drawing, what command would you use?  There's another answer there.

Good luck!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07.May.2012 at 07:17
if you can answer to this question it would be great...
What are 2 ways to access a listing of all blocks in the current drawing?
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