View or edit drawing template properties.
CAD / Drawing / 
CAD module
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Do one of the following:
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Copy the selected template. |
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Edit the properties of the selected template. |
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Delete the selected template/s. |
to add a template based on the active drawing.| Column | Description |
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Do one of the following:
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| Name | Type a unique name for the template. |
| Description | Type the template's description. |
| Sheet Set | Type an optional sheet set name. |
| Sheet Number | Type an alphanumeric value (optional) to begin numbering drawings in a sheet set. |
| Sheet Size | View the size of the drawing sheet. |
| Sheet Orientation | View the orientation of the drawing sheet. |
| Drawing Number | Type a unique alphanumeric value to begin numbering the drawings that use this template. |
| Print To | View the printer the drawing created from the template will be published to. |
to hide the template.
to display the template in a view.- Display the drawing template in a view when you need to edit the objects in a template.
- displays in the view tab if you are editing a drawing template.
displays in the view tab if you are editing a drawing.- The Drawing Number in the new template is initially set to '01'.
- Use a Sheet Set if you want a set of drawings within the drawing set. For example, you may have one sheet set for longitudinal sections and another for cross sections.
- The Sheet Number applies to the Sheet Set.
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The Sheet Set name in the source drawing is copied to the template.
- If the Sheet Set name is blank, then the Sheet Number in the new template is also initially blank.
- If the Sheet Set name is not blank, then the Sheet Number in the new template is initially set to 1.
- The Drawing Number determines the print order.
- The printer is shown in grey if it is offline.
- When a drawing is created from the template, if either the Drawing Number or Sheet Number from the template are already in use, the number is incremented until a unique number is found.
- If the Drawing Number in a template is left blank a drawing created from the template begins at 01 or the next incremented number available.
