limits

[Anonymous]

Dear sir/madam

I want to ask you something about limits! when i gave exams i made a mistake ,i did not place limits in my drawing and when the teacher tested my drawing i had lost many objects ,because the drawing was bery big.How we choose choose to put limits?Depending on the paper to be printed on th drawing?

and how can i see my limits in my drawing, what buttons i should press(general)?

Thank you

[JDMather]

I haven't used limits since '87 or 88' in the last century.

I don't think they are really needed in this century.

I suspect some other issue might be present.  Can you attach the *.dwg file here?

Have you been taught how to set up Paperspace Layouts?

[Anonymous]

i saw a tutorial autocad video Setting Up Paperspace Layout in AutoCAD from you tube

[JDMather]

I assume you are in a class since you mention "teacher".

Did your teacher cover paperspace layouts.

This topic is critical and takes a bit of time to cover in class and master.

[Kent1Cooper · Accepted solution]

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@Anonymous wrote:

.....How we choose choose to put limits?Depending on the paper to be printed on th drawing?

and how can i see my limits in my drawing, what buttons i should press(general)?

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In Paper Space, if you do the Page Setup routine, selecting a Plotter/Printer and sheet size will create the limits for you.  In either Model or Paper Space, you can see what they are numerically by typing LIMITS, which will ask you for lower left and upper right corners, and show you what they are currently, or you can type LIMMIN and LIMMAX to see them as saved in those System Variables.  You can see what they are graphically by using the Rectangle command, giving it (getvar 'limmin) and (getvar 'limmax) as the corners [with running Object Snap off].