CREATING A MAP TEMPLATE

IN AUTOCAD

ASILUM | BADILLES | CAHILIG | CUIZON

FERROLINO | LASOLA | PERALTA | SEVILLA
PREPARING A MAP TEMPLATE
SETTING THE DESIRED UNITS
STEP 1: TYPE “UNITS” AND HIT ENTER ON THE KEYBOARD
STEP 2: UNDER INSERTION SCALE, CLICK ON THE DROP
DOWN MENU.
STEP 3: SELECT THE DESIRED UNITS TO BE USED
(“INCHES”, FOR EXAMPLE)
STEP 4: CLICK “OK”
PLOTTING THE OUTSIDE BORDER
STEP 1: TYPE “RECTANGLE” THEN PRESS
THE ENTER KEY.
STEP 2: CLICK ANYWHERE ON THE WORKSPACE
TO SPECIFY THE FIRST CORNER POINT OF THE
RECTANGLE.
STEP 3: TYPE “D” FOR DIMENSIONS THEN ENTER OR JUST
SIMPLY CLICK ON THE “DIMENSIONS” BUTTON LOCATED
ON THE LOWER PART OF THE WORKSPACE.
STEP 4: ENTER ANY VALUE TO SPECIFY THE
LENGTH OF THE RECTANGLE.
STEP 5: ENTER ANY VALUE TO SPECIFY THE
WIDTH OF THE RECTANGLE.
STEP 6: USE “ZOOM EXTENTS” LOCATED ON THE
RIGHT SIDE OF THE WORKSPACE TO ZOOM THE
CURRENT DRAWING TO THE EXTENTS OF IT.
PLOTTING THE INSIDE BORDER
STEP 1: TYPE “OFFSET” THEN PRESS ENTER
KEY.
STEP 2: ENTER ANY VALUE TO SPECIFY THE
OFFSET DISTANCE.
STEP 3: SELECT THE OBJECT TO OFFSET.
S TE P 4 : S P EC I FY A PO I N T TO I N D I C ATE W H ETH ER T H E O BJ EC T I S
TO BE O F FS ET I N S I D E O R O U T SI D E O F TH E O R I G I N A L O BJ E C T ( I N
TH IS C A S E, TH E I N S I D E ) TH EN PR ESS T H E EN TE R K EY.
INSERTING TEXTS AND ADJUSTING ITS
PROPERTIES
STEP 1: TYPE “MTEXT” THEN ENTER.
STEP 2: CLICK INSIDE THE TEMPLATE TO SPECIFY
THE STARTING POINT OF THE TEXT.
 STEP 3: HOVER THE CURSOR TO ANOTHER POINT
IN ORDER TO DEFINE THE HEIGHT AND WIDTH OF
THE MULTILINE TEXT OBJECT.
STEP 4: CLICK ON THE BOX TO TYPE.
 S TEP 5 : TO A D JU ST TH E F O N T SI ZE O F TH E TEX T, H I G H LI G H T A LL
T H E W O R D S TH E N G O TO “ S TY LE” SE C TI O N WH I C H I S LO C AT ED O N
T H E U P PER L EFT O F TH E TEX T ED I TO R A N D C LI C K “ TE X T H EI G H T” .
S T E P 6 : TO C H A N G E T H E F O N T S T Y L E , H I G H L I G H T A L L T H E W O R D S T H E N
G O TO “ F O R M AT T I N G ” S E C T I O N W H I C H I S L O C AT E D B E S I D E T H E S T Y L E
S E C T I O N , C L I C K “ A R I A L ” TO R E V E A L A D R O P D O W N M E N U O F O T H E R
FONT STYLES.
S T EP 7 : TO J U S TI FY A TE X T, H I G H L I G H T A LL TH E W O R D S T H EN G O
TO “ PA R A G R A P H ” SE C TI O N WH I C H I S BE SI D E FO R M ATT I N G
S EC T IO N A N D C LI C K “ J U S TI FY ” . O T H ER TO O L S TO ED I T A T EX T
C A N BE FO U N D O N TH E TEX T E D I TO R TO O LB A R .
INSERTING SYMBOLS
STEP 1: IN WRITING SMYBOLS IN A MULTILINE
TEXT, AFTER EXECUTING THE “MTEXT”
COMMAND, PRESS RIGHT-CLICK.
STEP 2: CLICK “SYMBOL”
STEP 3: CLICK ON THE DESIRED SYMBOL TO
BE USED.
PAGE SETUP
S T EP 1 : H O V ER TH E C U R S O R TO TH E L O W E R L E F T S E C TI O N A N D
R E N A M E L AY O U T 1 TO Y O U R D E S I R ED D E S C RI P T I O N ( E. G . 3 0 X 2 0 )
S T E P 2 : C L I C K O N T H E R E NA M E D L AY O UT T H E N DE L E T E T H E
V I E W P O RT
S T E P 3 : R IGH T C L I C K T H E R E NA M E D L AY O U T T H E N S E L E CT “ PA G E
S E T UP M A N AG E R ”
STEP 4: SELECT “NEW’
S T E P 5 : S P E C I F Y T H E N A M E ( RE NA M E TO PA GE S I Z E ) F OR T H E NE W
PAG E S E T U P T H E N C L I C K “O K ”
STEP 6: CHANGE CURRENT FORMAT TO “DWG TO PDF.PC3”
STEP 7: SELECT “PROPERTIES”
STEP 8: SELECT “CUSTOM PAPER SIZED”, THEN CLICK “ADD”
STEP 9: SELECT “START FROM SCRATCH” THEN CLICK “NEXT”
S T E P 1 0 : I N M E D I A B O U N D , C H A N G E T H E U N I T S TO “ I N C H E S ” A S W E L L A S
YOUR DESIRED HEIGHT AND WIDTH (E.G. 30X20) THEN CLICK “NEXT”
STEP 11: IN PRINTABLE AREA SECTION, CLICK “NEXT”
STEP 12: CHANGE PAPER SIZE NAME THEN CLICK “NEXT”
STEP 13: CLICK “FINISH”
STEP 14: CHANGE PAPER SIZE (E.G. 30X20)
STEP 15: SELECT “OK”
STEP 16: SELECT “SET CURRENT” PAGE SETUP THEN CLOSE
 S T E P 1 7 : C L I C K O N M O D E L I N T H E L O W E R L E F T P O RT I O N O F Y O U R
S C R E E N A N D H I G H L I G H T Y O U R C R E AT E D T E M P L AT E L AY O U T T H E N “ C T R L
+ X”
S TE P 1 8 : G O TO Y O U R RE N A M ED L AY O U T TO PA ST E Y O U R C RE AT ED
D E S I G N TH E N M O V E ( TY PE “ M ” ) TO T H E BO TTO M RI G H T C O R N E R
O F T H E PA G E. M A K E SU RE TO F I T I T PE RF E CTLY TO T H E C O RN ER
STEP 19: HIGHLIGHT THE OBJECT AND RESCALE (TYPE “SC”) IT
STEP 20: CLICK THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER
S T E P 2 1 : T Y P E “ R” T H E N C L I C K A GA I N O N T HE BO T TO M R I G HT
C O R N E R O F T H E O B JE C T
 S T E P 2 2 : A F T E R C L I C K I N G T H E B O T TO M R I G H T C O R N E R D R A G T H E
C U R S O R A N D C L I C K I T O N T H E B O T TO M L E F T C O R N E R O F Y O U R O B J E C T
STEP 23: DRAG THE CUR SOR TO THE B OTTOM LEFT CORNER OF
YOUR PAPER. M AKE SURE THAT IT PERFEC TLY FITS YOUR PAPER
CREATING A LAYOUT VIEWPORT
STEP 1: TYPE "VIEWPORTS" THEN PRESS ENTER.
STEP 2: CLICK "OK"
STEP 3: CLICK THE OPPOSITE CORNERS OF YOUR DRAWING
WHERE YOU WANT TO PLACE THE SKETCH OF YOUR MAP.
PLOTTING A LAND USING A GIVEN BEARING &
DISTANCE
STEP 1: TYPE "UNITS" THEN PRESS ENTER.
STEP 2: CHANGE THE ANGLE TYPE INTO "SURVEYORS
UNITS".
STEP 3: CHANGE THE INSERTION SCALE INTO
“METERS” (OR OTHER DESIRED UNITS)
STEP 4: CLICK "OK"
STEP 5: TYPE "LINE" THEN PRESS ENTER
STEP 6: CLICK THE MOUSE (LEFT CLICK) TO SPECIFY
THE FIRST POINT.
 STEP 6: DO THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS:

A)TYPE SHIFT + 2 (@) THEN

B)TYPE THE DISTANCE OF THE LINE (EG. 20.20) THEN

C)TYPE SHIFT + , (<) THEN

D)TYPE THE CORRESPONDING BEARING OF THE LINE

(EG. S50D21'20"W).
[NOTE: THE LETTERS N,S,W,E STANDS FOR THE 4 CARDINAL
DIRECTIONS; SMALL LETTER "D" STANDS FOR DEGREES AND
' AND " STANDS FOR MINUTES AND SECONDS RESPECTIVELY]
STEP 6: CLICK THE MOUSE (LEFT CLICK) TO SPECIFY
THE FIRST POINT.
SAVING LAYOUT AS A PDF FILE
STEP 1: HOVER THE CURSOR TO THE LEFT CORNER
OF THE APPLICATION THEN ONCE CLICKED, A
DROP DOWN MENU WILL BE SHOWN. HOVER THE
CURSOR ONCE AGAIN AND CLICK ON “EXPORT”
AND THEN CLICK ON “PDF”.
STEP 2: ENTER THE DESIRED NAME FOR THE LAYOUT
STEP 3: THE LAYOUT IS NOW SAVED AS A PDF FILE