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Templates

Learn how to create, save, and manage drawings using AutoCAD templates, optimize settings, and start new drawings with ease. Enhance productivity and adhere to industry standards.

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Templates

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  1. Templates Sacramento City College Engineering Design Technology Templates

  2. Objectives • After completing this chapter, you will be able to do the following: • Start a new drawing. • Save a drawing under a different name. • Specify how often your work is automatically saved. • Save AutoCAD drawings for older releases. • Open a saved drawing. • Search for AutoCAD files. • Manage drawings in the Multiple Design Environment (MDE). Templates

  3. Objectives • Use the CLOSE and EXIT commands. • Adjust grid and snap settings. • Select linear and angular units and precision. • Set the model space drawing limits. • Create a template drawing. Templates

  4. Templates • New drawings are typically created using templates. • Templates • allow you to start a new drawing with preset drawing aids and objects. • Store settings and graphics content • Many templates are provided with AutoCAD, and you can also create custom templates. • Templates can be incredible productivity boosters. Templates

  5. Starting A New Drawing • AutoCAD • comes with standard template files that meet industry standards. • Custom templates allow you to use an existing drawing as a starting point for any new drawing. Templates

  6. Starting A New Drawing • This capability is extremely valuable for ensuring that everyone in a department, class, school, or company uses the same standards within their drawings. Templates

  7. Starting A New Drawing • Templates usually have values for the following drawing elements: • Standard layouts with a border and title block. • Grid and snap settings. • Units and angle values. • Text standards and general notes. • Dimensioning styles. • Layer definitions. • Plot styles. Templates

  8. Starting a New Drawing • To start a drawing, select • New... from the File pull-down menu, • enter NEW at the Command: prompt, or • use the [Ctrl]+[N] key combination. • This displays the Select template dialog box, Templates

  9. Starting a New Drawing • The Select template dialog box • lists the templates found in the default template folder. • A variety of templates conforming to accepted industry standards are included with AutoCAD. • Templates have a .dwt extension, which stands for drawing template. Templates

  10. Starting a New Drawing • If you just want to open a blank file, use • the acad.dwt template for English settings or • the acadiso.dwt template for metric settings. Templates

  11. Templates • Drawing templates • Store standard drawing settings and objects. • All settings and contents of the template are included in the new drawing. Templates

  12. Templates • Templates • Can be an incredible productivity booster. • New templates can easily be created. • Any custom template can use an existing drawing as a starting point for a new drawing. • Templates allow everyone to use the same standards within their drawings. Templates

  13. Templates • Starting a drawing with a template • File • New • Select template • AutoCAD comes with many templates • Templates have a .dwt file extension Templates

  14. Creating Templates • In most companies • Standard borders and title blocks are used in all drawings. • The use of templates, saves drawing setup time. Templates

  15. Creating Templates • When a template is used • All drawing settings in the template are applied to your new drawing. • It is easy to add additional items and settings to your own custom template. • Layers, logos, plot styles, dimension styles, etc. Templates

  16. Drawing Sheet Sizes • Sheet sizes are standardized. • ANSI • American National Standards Institute • ASME • American Society of Mechanical Engineers • have established the standard sheet sizes. Templates

  17. Standard Drawing Sheet Sizes • 8.5 x 11 series • A 8.5 x 11 • B 11 x 17 • C 17 x 22 • D 22 x 34 • E 34 x 44 Templates

  18. Standard Drawing Sheet Sizes • 9 x 12 series • A 9 x 12 • B 12 x 18 • C 18 x 24 • D 24 x 36 (most common arch size) • E 36 x 48 • Sheet sizes are based on the smallest size. • Subsequent sizes are derived by “keeping the large dimension and doubling the small dimension.” Templates

  19. Standard Drawing Sheet Sizes • Metric sizes • A0 841 x 1189 • A1 594 x 841 • A2 420 x 594 • A3 297 x 420 • A4 297 x 210 • Sheet sizes are based on the largest size. • Subsequent sizes are derived by “cutting the previous sheet in 1/2.” Templates

  20. Creating Your Own Template • Use a drawing template when • Multiple drawings need the same setup. • When template settings are complete, use the SAVEAS command to save the drawing template. • Select Template for the File type. • Select folder location. • Specify English or Metric measurements. Templates

  21. Creating Your Own Templates • Drawing Units • Decimal • Inches or millimeters • Normally used on mechanical drawings for manufacturing. • Engineering • Often used in Civil Engineering • Maps, plot plans, dams, bridge construction and topography Templates

  22. Creating Your Own Templates • Drawing Units • Architectural • Measurements in feet, inches and fractional inches. • Fractional • Any fractional part of any common unit of measure. • Scientific • Very large, or very small units • Chemical engineering, or astronomy Templates

  23. Creating Your Own Templates • Angular settings • Degrees 45o • Degrees/Minutes 45o0’0” • Gradients 50.000g • Radians 0.785r • Surveyor’s Units N 45d E Templates

  24. Creating Your Own Templates • SNAP and GRID settings • DSETTINGS • DS • SE • Right-click GRID or SNAP buttons Templates

  25. Creating Your Own Templates • GRID/SNAP settings • Most effective setting. • An equal X Y setting • Set equal to the lowest or near lowest increment of the majority of the dimensions. Templates

  26. Sheet Sets Templates

  27. Sheet Sets • A sheet set is a collection of drawing sheets for a project. • The term sheet refers to a drawing produced for the project. • In AutoCAD, sheets are created on layout tabs in a drawing file. Templates

  28. Sheet Sets • All of the sheets in a sheet set can use a single template. • The template can contain a title blockwith attributes containing fields. Templates

  29. Sheet Sets • The field values may include items such as • project name and sheet number. • If the project name changes during the course of the project, the field can be modified in the template, and • the change is automatically applied to all sheets within the set. Templates

  30. Sheet Sets • If a new sheet is inserted into a sheet set, the sheet numbers and all sheet references update automatically. • This automation can save a great deal of time and improve the accuracy of the set of drawings. Templates

  31. Sheet Sets • Once the sheet set is complete, you can easily print, publish, and archive the entire set in a single operation. • This is very efficient. • For example, it is far easier to plot a sheet set containing twenty sheets than to open and plot twenty separate drawings. Templates

  32. Sheet Sets • Sheet sets are created, organized, and accessed using the Sheet Set Manager. • To open the Sheet Set Manager • pick the Sheet Set Manager button on the Standard Annotation toolbar, • select Tools >Palettes >Sheet Set Manager, • type SSM or SHEETSET, or • use the [Ctrl]+[4] key combination. Templates

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  34. Sheet Sets • The window is divided into three tabs: • Sheet List • Sheet Views • Model Views. • The Sheet Set Control drop-down list at the top of the Sheet Set Manager is used to open and create sheet sets. Templates

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  36. Sheet Set Manager • The buttons next to the drop-down list control and manage the items listed in the Sheet Set Manager window. • These buttons vary depending on the currently selected tab. • The area at the bottom of the window (labeled Details or Preview) shows a text description or preview image of a selected sheet or view. Templates

  37. Creating Sheet Sets • Sheet sets are created with the Create Sheet Set wizard. • This wizard can be accessed • from within the Sheet Set Manager by picking New Sheet Set... from the Sheet Set Control drop-down list. • The Create Sheet Set wizard can also be accessed by selecting File > New Sheet Set... from the pull-down menu. • Sheet sets can be created from an example sheet set or from existing drawing files. Templates

  38. Creating a Sheet Set from an Example Sheet Set Templates

  39. Creating Sheet Sets • When you create a new sheet using an example sheet set, you • select an existing sheet set as a model, and • then modify it as needed to fit the needs of the new sheet set. • AutoCAD provides several example sheet sets based on different drafting disciplines. Templates

  40. Creating Sheet Sets • You are not limited to the examples provided—you can use any existing sheet set as an example sheet set. Templates

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  42. Creating Sheet Sets • To create a new sheet set from an example sheet set, • open the Sheet Set Manager • select New Sheet Set... from the Sheet Set Control drop-down list • This opens the Create Sheet Set wizard. Templates

  43. Creating Sheet Sets • This wizard steps you through the process of creating a sheet set. • The Begin page of the Create Sheet Set wizard provides two options. • An example sheet set • Existing drawings • Pick the Next button • to display the Sheet Set Example page. Templates

  44. Creating Sheet Sets • Sheet set information is saved in a DST file (sheet set data file). • The list box on the Sheet Set Example page • lists all DST files in the default Template folder. • Pick one of these sheet sets • or • Pick the Browse to another sheet set to use as an example radio button and • then select the ellipsis (...) button and • use the dialog box to locate a DST file in another folder. Templates

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  46. Creating Sheet Sets • Select the DST file for the example sheet set, • Pick the Next button • Displays the Sheet Set Details page. • This page allows you to • modify the existing sheet set data and • create settings for your new project. Templates

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  48. Creating Sheet Sets • Enter the name, or title, of the sheet set • typically the project number or a short description of the project. • A description for the sheet set can be entered in the Description area. Templates

  49. Creating Sheet Sets • Picking the Sheet Set Properties button opens the Sheet Set Properties dialog box. • The main settings for the sheet set are specified in this dialog box. • There are four sections: • Sheet Set • Project Control • Sheet Creation, and • Sheet Set Custom Properties. Templates

  50. Creating Sheet Sets • The settings in the Sheet Set section are: • Name. • Contains the sheet set name entered in the Name of new sheet set text box of the Sheet Set Details page. • Sheet set data file. • Shows the location of the DST file, specified in the Store sheet set data file (.dst) here text box of the Sheet Set Details page. • Description. • Contains the description of the sheet set entered in the Description area of the Sheet Set Details page. Templates

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