Layout viewports are objects that display views of model space.

You create, scale, and place them in paper space on a layout.

Each layout viewport is like a closed circuit TV monitor of a view of the model at a scale and orientation that you specify.

When you are ready to output your drawing, you can turn off that layer to display the layout viewport without its boundary.

You can access this property from the Properties palette, the right-click menu when a layout viewport is selected, a button on the Layout Viewports tab on the ribbon, and a button on the status bar when one or more layout viewports are selected.

When you create a layout, you can choose to apply the information from an existing template.

The program has sample layout templates to use when you design a new layout environment.

The paper space objects and page setup in the existing template are used in the new layout.

You can keep any of the existing objects from the template you import, or you can delete the objects.

You can save a layout to a new DWT file by choosing the Save As option of the LAYOUT command.

The template file is saved in the drawing template file folder as defined in the Application tab (Application Preferences dialog box).

The layout template has a.dwt or.dwg extension like a drawing template or drawing file, but it contains little information not essential to the layout.

These definition table items are imported as part of the layout settings if you import this template into a new layout.

It is recommended that you use the Save As option of the LAYOUT command to create a new layout template.

When you use the Save As option, unused definition table items are not saved with the file; they are not added to the new layout into which you import the template.

To eliminate unnecessary definition table items, use the PURGE command.

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