Creating a solid foundational template: Introduction to

template creation

You will learn to create a comprehensive • Understand how national CAD

template file. standards are represented in layers.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the items to include in a

template file.
• Recognize how layers, linetypes,
blocks, styles, and layouts function
in a template. The completed exercise

1. Start a new drawing (Application menu > New >

Drawing) and choose the acad.dwt template file,
or use the provided template file, acad.dwt. It is
important to use a completely blank template to
create a properly constructed template file.

2. Review the layers in the template by clicking the

pull-down menu in the Layers panel. The layers
in the template are NCS compliant and are
indicated by codes within the layer name.

3. Open the X-Site-New.dwg file. Click a line in the

drawing and identify the layer name as the
selected layer in the Layers panel.

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 4. Open the Civil.dwt file. Type LINETYPE into the
command line. Review the linetypes within the
Linetype Manager dialog.

5. In the Insert tab, Block panel, click Insert to

review the blocks that can be added to the
template file.

6. In the Annotate tab, you can bring other types of

content in such as styles and system variables.

7. Click the layout in the lower-left corner. You can

also bring layouts into a template file.

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