Layouts and the Layout Book
Once we have defined our Views using the view filters and organized them within View Map, we will want to assemble them on a Layout. This layout is the virtual equivalent of a piece of paper on which you want to print your documentation, although it is common practice to use the same paper size (A0, A1, A3, DIN, etc.) for digital printing/export (e.g., PDF) as well.
Drawings, sheets, and masters
The third configuration tab in Navigator is Layout Book. This is a configuration and navigation tree dedicated to the output into graphical layouts. Again, you get a tree structure with branches, this time containing a variety of layouts (pages) organized within subsets (chapters).
Figure 14.13 – Layout Book palette
Before we can start setting up the Layout Book you have to understand a few basic concepts, which we briefly introduced already in Chapter 7:
- A Layout is a virtual sheet of paper and is always based on...
