Drawing Boundary

Traditionally, sheet creation and layout has been a very manual and time consuming process. To overcome this, the drawing boundary feature is provided. A drawing boundary is a predefined area on a sheet model which may contain a drawing. A sheet may be subdivided into several drawing boundaries. A drawing boundary allows you to quickly and easily define the location of a drawing on a sheet.

General Characteristics of a Drawing Boundary

A drawing boundary is an area on a sheet that has a specific shape.
A drawing boundary may be defined by any closed shape.
Drawing boundaries are defined in the sheet seed model in the .dgnlib using the Place Drawing Boundary tool and used while automating dynamic views.
You can have any number of drawing boundaries on a sheet model.
Drawing boundaries can have a defined overlap.
Drawing boundaries are not on a level, nor do they plot.

Tip: The DRAWINGBOUNDARY HILITEALL ON key-in highlights all the drawing boundaries in the active sheet model. This key-in is especially useful when the Boundary Display setting in the Detailing Symbol Styles dialog is set to Hidden.