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Using template files–DWT - AutoCAD Tutorial
From the course: AutoCAD 2018 Essential Training
Using template files–DWT
- [Voiceover] Now it may be that you want to start from scratch and create a new drawing in AutoCAD 2017, rather than open an existing one. Now what you can do here is you can actually create your own template files but also open from a template file. Now an AutoCAD template file is a D-W-T file. Now you can open from the application menu, the big red A in the top left corner, or with the new features in AutoCAD 2017, you can go to the Start tab here, just below the ribbon. And if you click on the Start tab, you've got this Getting Started section right here. And you'll notice there's a Templates option, so if I click there like that, I can select a known template that comes with AutoCAD. Now I work with Iso with AutoCAD because I work in metric and millimeters. And there's an acadiso.dwt file right there. So if I click there, that will open up a blank drawing from that template. So you see how I'm now in Drawing4.dwg. It's just a sequential, default drawing numbering system when you…
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Contents
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Exploring the user interface4m 39s
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Using the ribbon7m 17s
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Changing workspaces5m 48s
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Using the status bar4m 19s
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Using the drawing tabs4m 33s
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Using the navigation bar5m 19s
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Using the ViewCube5m 16s
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The shortcut menu5m 6s
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File navigation dialog boxes2m 54s
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Drafting Settings dialog box2m 13s
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Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)2m 32s
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Selecting objects6m 58s
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Using Move and Copy4m 30s
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Using Scale and Rotate4m 38s
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Creating and using arrays8m 6s
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Using Offset and Mirror4m 55s
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Using Trim and Extend5m 31s
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Using Stretch and Lengthen5m 48s
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Using Break and Join3m 48s
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Using grips and grip editing4m 55s
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Using boundaries3m 14s
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Using Fillet and Chamfer6m 34s
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Using Divide and Measure4m 57s
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Editing Polylines and Splines4m 59s
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Using off-screen selection2m 20s
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Using linetype gap selection2m
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Working with text styles5m 45s
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Single-line text5m 59s
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Multiline Text (MTEXT)5m 30s
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Aligning text2m 56s
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Framing text in a title block7m 54s
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Settings for changing text to MTEXT2m 31s
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Selecting text objects2m 31s
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Justification2m 42s
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Numbered and lettered list formatting3m 8s
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Uniform line spacing3m 21s
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Working with XREFs3m 13s
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Attaching and overlaying XREFs4m 6s
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Clipping XREFs3m 10s
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Editing XREFs4m 7s
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Editing XREFs in place2m 52s
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Unnamed drawings2m 29s
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Updating reference paths2m 58s
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Missing reference files3m 39s
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Changing path type2m 3s
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Finding and replacing reference files4m 17s
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Renaming unloaded references3m 18s
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