Chapter 2 Drawings and Templates
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Starting from Scratch
For a new AutoCAD user, an effective way to begin a new drawing is to start
“from scratch” using a blank drawing file without a border, title block, modifiedfi fi
layouts, or customized drawing settings. Start from scratch when you just begin to
learn AutoCAD, when you do not yet know specific units and drawing settings to fi
use, and when you create your own templates. To start from scratch, pick the flyout fl
next to the
Open
button in the
Select template
dialog box. See Figure 2-1. Then,
to begin a drawing using basic inch unit settings, pick
Open with no Template –
Imperial, or to begin a drawing using basic metric unit settings, pick
Open with no
Template –
Metric.
Setting the Quick Start Template
The
Options
dialog box provides a quick start feature that allows you to begin
a drawing using the
QNEW
command and a specifi template, skipping the fic
Select
template
dialog box. Pick the
Files
tab, expand the
Template Settings
option, and
then expand the
Default Template File Name for QNEW
function. See Figure 2-2.
None
displays by default and causes the
Select template
dialog box to appear. Pick
the
Browse…
button to select a specifi template to launch each time you use the fic
QNEW
command.
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Use the
Options
dialog box to change the default drawing template
folder displayed in the
Select template
dialog box. In the
Files
tab,
expand
Template
Settings, and then expand
Drawing Template File
Location. Pick the
Browse…
button to select a folder.
Figure 2-2.
Specifying a template for the
QNEW
command.
Pick to
specify
template
No
template
specified
Files
tab