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creating a template

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creating a template

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I am trying to create a template from an existing drawing, I just want to use the A4 sheet that comes with it and make it my default template. I have saved it as DWT file but it comes with the model ( the borders and fields have been created in MODEL space). How can I use it as my default template for another drawing? Thank you xxxxxx

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imadHabash
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Hi and Welcome to AutoDesk Forum,

 

>> How can I use it as my default template for another drawing? <<

simply save it where Templates usually exist then by Ctrl+N will open a template dialog to choose your need.

 

Note:

  • Template location :  C:\Users\user name\appdata\local\autodesk\autocad 20##\r21.0\enu\template .

  • it's more better (Recommended) to put your A4 sheet frame at Layout model and put your VP inside it. 

 

Good Luck..

Imad Habash

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Thank you so much for your answer Imadhabash, I did save it in my templates folder but when I press CTRl+N the template opens up along with the model and I don't need the model just the paper sheet.

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I am sorry I am new to AutoCad and I don't know what I am doing. I have been using SolidWorks all my life and SW is quite staright forward compared to AutoCad.

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imadHabash
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it depends on the last save you did it in your dwt file just make your last save in Layout model.also the Model layout will always exist in your drawing we can not ignore it or delete it.

 

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Imad Habash

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First terminology is important, many people call a border a "template", in AutoCAD a "template" is a unique file that is used as a default starting point for AutoCAD, it can contain borders, layer, symbols, models, ANYTHING that can be created in AutoCAD can reside in a "Template".

 

You want a border to be used as a template.  The drawing you posted has that border saved in model space, and it is being viewed through a paperspace viewport.  Lot of terminology there so look at it this way, MODELSPACE is that space in which we "build" our drawings/models, paperspace is how we present that model to others, I prefer to call it drawing space, but AutoCAD didn't ask me. In short you "build" your widget in modelspace and create a drawing of the widget in paperspace .. clear as mud, right?

 

Back to your border; most of us (many of us anyway) create a BLOCK for our borders with attributes (special text) that can be altered/extracted.  That border is INSERTed in paperspace and a viewport (a "hole" in paperspace through which we show the model) is created and scaled.  We edit all the attributes as needed for the project except for those that will be unique to individual drawings add north arrows standard notes, etc., setup a plotting PAGESETUP, then save that file as a "template", (a default starting file).  Then we start a new drawing, use that template as a start and we get a new drawing file with the border already inserted and partially completed in PS with a model viewing viewport.

 

In your DWT file , the components of the border are in modelspace, use CHSPACE to move those components from the modeling area (MODELSPACE) to the drawing area (PAPERSPACE).  Make what ever changes are required, add what you need to the border (general notes, north arrow, etc.), define a PAGESETUP for plotting and resave that template.  Then you can start a new drawing, use that template and the stuff in paperspace will already exist in the new drawing. .............. then there's sheet sets ................

 

Sorry for the brevity but that's a high level overview of the process.  AutoCAD is a complex application that is EXTREMELY flexible and requires more than a modicum of training to acquire any level of proficiency. Experience with other applications is less helpful than you would think.

 

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THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH THAT WAS GREAT.

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You are quite welcome.

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