dwt's are designed to be opened with the NEW or QNEW commands. Are you using the INSERT command?
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Maybe you should let us know what it is you are trying to accomplish. You just need a new layout?
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What you are inserting is the layout tab and everything that is on the layout, e.g titleblock, north arrow, viewport, legend, scale bar, mmtest, etc, etc. Since the layout tab was name "layout 1" or "layout 2" that is what the inserted layout will be named. It does not use the name of the drawing. For example, you have 3 layout tabs: Plan View, East Elevation and West Elevation. If you insert the tab named Plan View, the newly inserted tab will be named Plan View. All objects in the original layout called Plan View, will also be in the newly inserted layout, e.g. mtext notes, tilteblock, north arrow block, viewport, etc. everything. Even the 'junk' on the side gray area (or off the page) of the layout will be there. So if you 'store' stuff that you don't want printed that's sitting outside of the printing area, then that stuff will piggy-back w/everything else and be inserted too.
If you go to the original drawing, right-click the tab named 'Layout 1" and rename it, then save it as a dwt, you'll get a better idea of how it works.
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If the dwt layout has the same name as a layout in the dwg you are trying to insert it into, then you will get "Layout1". You can't have two layouts with the same name.
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What version of AutoCAD are you using? I have 2018 and a dialog pops up asking me which layout to insert and it uses the name in the template. Are you sure you don't already have a layout using the same name?
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Not the dwg name, the name of the layout. In the dwg you are inserting into, there are existing layouts. If one of them has the same name as the layout you're trying to import, then it will get renamed to "Layout 1" when imported.
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OK, then I don't know what to tell you. It could be that you're using 2012, or there is something wrong with the dwg you're importing to. As I said, I have 2018 and your dwt worked for me. Sorry. If you uploaded your parent dwg, I could try it using your file.
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OK, I get it. I have looked at your dwt that was attached to your original post and I understand what you're trying to do. Your workflow, however, is not consistent with what you want to achieve. This is because the template named RBE-ARCH D 24x36.dwt is in modelspace when it should be in paperspace.
Your RBE D 24x36 template should be on a layout tab and the tab's NMAE should be changed from 'Layout 1' to something more descriptive, such as 'ArchD-24x36' or something like that.
Create a brand new template. You must first set up an appropriate layout tab that uses an Arch D 24x36 inch sheet size with a landscape orientation. Then you need to insert your titleblock into that new layout. Your workflow has the titleblock inserted in modelspace when it should be on a layout tab in paperspace. (Note: If you don't take the appropriate steps to set up a new layout tab as described, then you'll have new issues completely unrelated to the issue you originally posted.)
For any new drawing, you may now insert the tab named 'ArchD24x36' and the new tab will appear alongside any existing tabs in the new drawing.
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@ChicagoLooperMaybe he is getting confused with multiple dwgs because the file he uploaded in post 9 is correct. It has a title block in a paperspace layout called RBE WWD-COE ANSI D - IHD.
@AnonymousAe you sure you are browsing to the right template file?
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No no. That's not how it works. The titleblock itself MUST be placed on a layout tab in paperspace. It should not be in moldelspace. (Just to be clear, modelspace is a black drawing environment. Paperspace is a white sheet sitting on a gray background.)
Sorry, but I must ask, do you plot from modelspace (black background) or from paperspace (white background)?
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