At the command line, type OPTIONS. Click on the FILES tab. Expand 'Template Settings'. The first item under there defines where ACAD looks for dwt files. See attached image.
I glanced over my .env file just now, saw no mention of .dwt or drawing templates. So, I'm pretty sure this is the only place to control this particular thing.
Jim
Jim Seefeldt
Electrical Engineering Technician
Jim
Jim Seefeldt
Electrical Engineering Technician
Hi there,
Your work flow sounds a little different than mine but here is what I do ... and I use this quite often. At this company we keep all of the drawings for the project bundled under individual projects. So the pneumatic and electrical schematics have one template while the assembly and fabrication drawings use another template style. The slick trick is that both template styles use the same Title Block Attributes so when we add a project note or revision change or anything else that is project wide, all of the drawings will update at the same time with the Title Block Update tool.
Good luck
Select New Drawing for Active Project ...
Then select the template in the New Drawing window ...
Hi there,
It looks like my first post went to vapor ware?? One more time. Your workflow seems a little different than mine but this is what I do. I use this tool quite often. At this company each project gets its own bundle. So electrical, pneumatic, assembly and fabrication drawings are all bundled within a project. Elec and pneu title blocks have one style while the assm and fab drawings use another template style. The slick thing about this is that both template styles use the same Title Block Attribute definitions. When we need to update the project with something like notes or dates all of the drawings can be updated at one time with the Title Block Update tool.
Good luck
Select the New Drawing tool for the active project ...
Select the path and/or the template you want to use ....
Under the Templates entry there should be at least 4 entries depending on what version of ACADE you are using.
This shot is from 2008 but the entries are still existing in 2018.
As you can see, there is an entry to set the Templates FOLDER (Blue Explanation) and an entry to select the default QNEW Template (Red Explanation)
QNEW stands for Quick NEW dwg and creates a dwg without adding it to the project or setting up any of the dwg properties/settings. It just uses the named template to quickly start a new dwg with the settings saved in the template. Useful when you need to have the ribbon or Project Commands active without opening a project dwg or to do a quick sketch without going through the hassle of adding it to a project.
The New Dwg button in the Project Menu actually adds the dwg to the active project and brings up the New Dwg Settings dialog which has the ability to choose a different Template if required as shown by @TRLitsey.
This template choice is saved as the new default template for this method of dwg creation from session to session. This allows the user to select a new template according to client requirements which the QNEW system doesn't.
Regards Brad
Brad Coleman, Electrical Draftsman
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I do have a template named for QNEW and do use this frequently. I know there are going to be some of us who will right click on the project and see the new drawing option when they are using other features.... so they might want to use it. They'll expect the default template to be easy to find (or already filled in!!). But, if this is the way it is, then that is the way it is.
I'll just have to deal with this as you describe - different functions for different features 
I find if the difference in functionality can be explained, most of our lot generally accept it even if they don't see the need or accept it.
The setting for the new drawing sheet is saved in the registry, here:
