Importing Template Settings

[Paul Sweet]

I am finally beginning to learn a little about templates, and I made a template with the styles and other settings that I like to use. I have several drawings which I created before I had any idea what I was doing, or were imported from other CADD programs. Is there an easy way to import settings from my template into these drawings, or do I have to manually change these settings in a dozen or so dialog boxes for each drawing?

[f700es]

I am finally beginning to learn a little about templates, and I made a template with the styles and other settings that I like to use. I have several drawings which I created before I had any idea what I was doing, or were imported from other CADD programs. Is there an easy way to import settings from my template into these drawings, or do I have to manually change these settings in a dozen or so dialog boxes for each drawing?

You can do it a couple of ways (and these are probably not the best answers).
1. If this is a template that you will use every time, I would make my changes and then Save as.. acad.dwt in your Template folder. This way every new drawing from then on will use this template.

2. If you use more than 1 and perhpas 3-4 then you could make each one a short cut (desktop icon). Using the "/t "template name" " argument in each icon with a different template file. Causing each one to open a different template.

http://mars.walagata.com/w/f700es/Acad-icons.gif

I have not tried this but it should work, maybe. You might have to make new profiles for each one.

3. I guess you could have a start-up dialog box and select with templete you need each time.

Good luck.

[Flores]

To bring your new template settings into EXISTING drawings, you can drag and drop styles etc. with Design Center (control+2 is the default hotkey). You might to download a routine called "hyprvar" because it is easy to use. It makes a script of your variables, etc., then it will use this script to change your variables to any other drawings you may have later on:
http://www.hyperpics.com/customization/autolisp/autolisp_downloads.htm

Flores

[gcp310]

I have a folder that i have made inside the autocad folder called drawing templates, and i have re directed the searchpath for templates to use this folder. i have about 8 templates depending on the type of work i am doing at the time. I dont use any of the Autodesk standard templates

I also have saved a drawing called standard. it has no objects in it, just an empty drawing with all my layers, dimension styles, linetypes,layouts,etc and i insert this as a block if i am missing these in a drawing that i may have purged.

as for page layouts, i use design centre to drag them into a drawing.

Hope this helps

G

[f700es]

I have a folder that i have made inside the autocad folder called drawing templates, and i have re directed the searchpath for templates to use this folder. i have about 8 templates depending on the type of work i am doing at the time. I dont use any of the Autodesk standard templates

I also have saved a drawing called standard. it has no objects in it, just an empty drawing with all my layers, dimension styles, linetypes,layouts,etc and i insert this as a block if i am missing these in a drawing that i may have purged.

as for page layouts, i use design centre to drag them into a drawing.

Hope this helps

G

Good idea!

[gcp310]

Yeah, I thought so when a co worker told me about it a few years back.

He was always looking at ways to save us time. He would spend the days writting LISP and sorting the system out, and i would do the work using his programs. Ahh those were the days.

G