Use a Drawing Template

In this lesson, you learn how to start a drawing using a drawing template file.
When you use a template file, new drawings created from the template
automatically use the settings defined in the template. This saves you setup
time and helps to make sure each drawing you create follows your company’s
CAD standards.
Drawing template files have a .dwt file extension
Some of the settings stored in drawing template files include
■ Unit type and scale (precision)
■ Title blocks/borders, blocks, and logos
■ Layer names
■ Snap, grid, and ortho settings
■ Grid limits
■ Annotation styles
■ Linetypes
To start a drawing with a template
1 Click Start menu (Windows) ➤ (All) Programs ➤ Autodesk ➤ AutoCAD
2010 ➤ AutoCAD 2010 - English.
2 NOTE If the New Features dialog box appears, select Maybe later and OK
to close it.
The AutoCAD window opens with an empty drawing file Drawing1.dwg.
3 Click ➤ New.

4 In the Select Template dialog box, select Tutorial-iArch.dwt.

5 Click Open to open the Tutorial-iArch.dwt template.