{"id":10947,"date":"2020-12-01T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/?p=10947"},"modified":"2020-11-24T14:31:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T22:31:43","slug":"have-you-tried-working-with-templates-in-autocad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/have-you-tried-working-with-templates-in-autocad\/","title":{"rendered":"Have You Tried: Working With Templates in AutoCAD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Have you ever wanted to create a new drawing and have all your text styles, dimension styles, layers, units, and other drawing settings already setup and ready to go? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Templates in AutoCAD can help with that. Using templates is the most efficient way to create a new drawing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/11\/Template-AutoCAD-1024x576.png\" alt=\"AutoCAD template\" class=\"wp-image-10948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/11\/Template-AutoCAD-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/11\/Template-AutoCAD-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/11\/Template-AutoCAD-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/11\/Template-AutoCAD.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2021\/ENU\/?contextId=HYT_Notification_Nov_2020_Work_Templates\" target=\"_blank\">Have You Tried<\/a>, we&#8217;ll go over:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What can be saved in a template<\/li><li>Using existing templates<\/li><li>Opening and saving a template<\/li><li>Changing the default template for a new drawing<\/li><li>Editing and testing template<\/li><li>Importing styles and layers from DesignCenter<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about how templates can improve your productivity and enforce drawing standards with step-by-step examples in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2021\/ENU\/?contextId=HYT_Notification_Nov_2020_Work_Templates\" target=\"_blank\">Have You Tried: Working With Templates<\/a> topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"keep-the-feedback-coming\">Keep the Feedback Coming<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for all the great feedback submitted so far. 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