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Once chosen, the template project is copied to the new location (selected in the Project Browser window before clicking
the New Project icon) and then automatically re-pathed. A template project provides the equivalent benefits that DWT
files provide for individual drawing files. Template projects help to speed project setup and ensure office standards and
consistency.
Using the Commercial Template Project as template for a new project
1 Click File menu
➤
Project Browser.
2 In the Project Browser window, navigate to the location where you want to create the new project, and
click .
3 Enter the project name and number, and then click Create from template project.
4 Navigate to the following project: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\ACD-A
2008\enu\Template\Commercial Template Project (Imperial)\Commercial Template Project (Imperial).apj.
Alternatively, you can select the metric version.
5 Click OK and wait until the project has finished repathing.
Understanding Project Navigator
The Drawing Management system in AutoCAD Architecture includes four different types of AutoCAD drawing files
(DWG). Each is designed to serve a particular purpose in the project. These file types are elements, constructs, views
and sheets. All files are organized into a collection of files within a series of folders that collectively represent a building
design project in AutoCAD Architecture. The four types of files are briefly defined as follows:
Element A discreet piece of a design without explicit physical location within the building.
Construct A unique piece of the building occurring within a particular zone (Division) on a specific floor (Level) of
the building.
View A working report of the building model. A view gathers all of the constructs (and their nested elements) required
to correctly represent a specific view of the building (such as a Plan, Section or 3D Model).
Sheet A ready for printing report of some portion of the project.
For a more detailed description, see “ Constructs ” on page 217, “ Elements ” on page 231, “ Views ” on page 242, and “ Plotting
Sheets ” on page 262.
Drawing Management is designed around the philosophy that each drawing type and scale requiring unique annotations
should be configured within its own separate view file. One or more of these views can be dragged to the same sheet,
so there will not necessarily be a one-to-one correspondence between the views and sheets.
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