Creating a template for Paper space gallery drawings
Templates may be very useful when a part of the drawing should be present on numerous drawings. See also Creating a new drawing based on a template.
The procedure for creation of a template for drawings
- Open the Paper space gallery.
- Create a new drawing.
- Prepare the part of the drawing that should be repeated on each drawing.
- Save the drawing as template.
- Close the Paper space gallery.
- Use function Setup > Options.
- Select tab Graphic templates.
- In the field Overview drawings manager, browse for the file you have saved to the disk.
- Confirm the settings.
Form now on, whenever a new drawing will be created in the Paper space gallery, it will contain the template drawing.
If the template is supposed to be used not for the Paper space gallery drawings, but for Graphic output (i.e. Print picture function) field Print picture in the Setup > Options dialogue must be adjusted accordingly.