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Styles, such as system definitions and object styles
1 Click Manage tab
➤
Style & Display panel
➤
Style Manager .
2 Select the style from the tree view of the first drawing, and drag it to the tree view of the second drawing.
RELATED For more information, see Copying Styles Between Drawings in the AutoCAD Architecture Help.
Design content such as text styles, dimension styles, and linetypes
1 Click Insert tab
➤
Content panel
➤
Content drop-down
➤
Design Center .
2 Select the content type from the tree view.
3 Double-click the specific design content to add it to the drawing.
NOTE For more information, see “DesignCenter” in AutoCAD
®
Help.
Layout tabs
1 If the Model tab and layout tabs are visible, right-click any tab, and select From template.
2 In the Select Template From File dialog, select the file that contains the layout tabs that you want to
add to your drawing, and click Open.
3 In the Insert Layouts dialog, select the layout tabs.
If the Model tab and layout tabs are not visible, you can display them by right-clicking either
corresponding status bar button , and clicking Display Layout and Model tabs.
NOTE For more information, see Creating and Saving Drawings in the AutoCAD Architecture Help.
NOTE If you do not use a template to create new drawings, you must save the drawing settings and standards
that you need in each individual drawing.
Creating a Custom Template from a Template or Drawing
An efficient method for creating custom templates is to start with an existing template or drawing, modify
it, and save it as a new template. This method works best when minor modifications to the existing template
or drawing can provide the custom template that you need.
To create a custom template from a template or drawing
1 Click
➤
Open
➤
Drawing.
2 If you are using an existing template (DWT file) as a base for your new template, in the Select
template dialog, verify that Drawing Template File (*.dwt) is selected for Files of type.
3 Browse to the template or drawing file from which to create the new template and open it.
4 Modify the template or drawing.
You can change preferences or controls in the drawing, add or replace the border or title block,
import or configure standards, and erase or add drawing elements.
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