Setting Up the New Drawing

AutoCAD Land Desktop Tutorial

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Setting Up the New Drawing

In this exercise, you will specify the parameters for the new drawing.

  1. As the Load Settings dialog box is displayed, verify that the Path is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\AutoCAD Land Desktop <Version Number>\<Release Number>\Data\setup\.

  2. In the Load a Drawing Setup Profile section, from the Profile Name list, select m500.set (Metric, 1:500), and then click View to display the View Drawing Setup Profile dialog box.

    The coordinate zone, text style, and drawing border listed need to be changed for this drawing, so in the following steps you will make the appropriate edits to the drawing setup.

  3. Click OK to return to the Load Settings dialog box, and then click Load to load the m500 setup profile.

  4. Click Next to display the Units dialog box and verify the units settings.

  5. Click Next to display the Scale dialog box and verify the scale settings.

    The horizontal drawing scale affects block insertion and the size of text that is automatically created. The vertical drawing scale controls only the default vertical exaggeration of profiles and cross sections created by the civil engineering tools.

  6. Click Next to display the Zone dialog box.

  7. From the Categories list, select UTM, NAD 83 Datum, and then from the Available Coordinate Systems list select UTM with NAD 83 Datum, Zone 11, Meter; Central Meridian 117d W.

  8. Click Next to display the Orientation dialog box and verify the orientation settings.

  9. Click Next to display the Text Style dialog box, from the Style Set Name list, select mleroy.stp, and then click Load to load the mleroy text style.

  10. From the Select Current Style list, select L100.

  11. Click Next to display the Border dialog box.

  12. In the Border Selection section, select Scaled Block, and then in the Custom Block section, click Browse to display the Select a Custom Block dialog box.

  13. From the list select pm_841x594.dwg, and then click Open to return to the Border dialog box.

  14. Click Next to display the Save Settings dialog box.

    If this is a drawing setup that you would like to use on a regular basis, enter a profile name and save the setup.

  15. Click Finish to complete the drawing setup process.

  16. As the Finish window is displayed, verify your final drawing settings, and then click OK.

Your drawing is now set up with the correct parameters.