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Get a head start with a customized template

By Ellen Finkelstein

You should always start a new drawing either from an existing drawing (Application Button, Save As) or from a template.

What is a template?

A template is just like a drawing, but when you start a drawing from a template, the template creates a clone of itself, remaining unchanged. Many people have multiple templates that […]

February 20th, 2013 | Tags: , , | Category: Customization, Drawing | 4 comments

Open AutoCAD with a specific template

By Ellen Finkelstein

You can launch AutoCAD with a specific template of your choice. You do this with a command line switch.

When you double-click the icon on your desktop or start AutoCAD from the Start menu, you are executing a statement. You can customize this statement by adding parameters, also called switches.

To learn the statement of […]

January 11th, 2012 | Tags: , | Category: Customization | 9 comments