To Work With Reference Templates

You can keep the AutoCAD Civil 3D styles in your drawings up to date by using reference templates.

To link a drawing to reference templates

You can link a drawing to one or more reference templates to keep the styles in the drawing up to date.

1. Click Manage tab Styles panel Reference Find.
2. In the Attach Reference Template dialog box, click Attach a New Template .
3. In the Open Template File dialog box, select one or more DWG or DWT files to attach and click OK.
   Tip: Select the file type from the Files of Type list at the bottom of the Open Template File dialog box.
4. If you attach more than one template, specify the priority by using the Move Up and Move Down buttons. The template at the top of the list has priority.
5. Click Update to load the templates.

   Styles in the reference templates are copied into the drawing. If a style in the drawing has the same name as a style in a reference template, the style in the drawing is overwritten by the style from the reference template.

To control automatic updates from reference templates

Use the AeccRefTemplateAutoUpdate variable to control updates and alerts when reference templates change.

1. At the Command line, enter AeccRefTemplateAutoUpdate.
2. Enter one of the following:
   • 0: Turns off automatic updates. Notifications are displayed to alert you when styles need to be updated.
   • 1: Turns on automatic updates of styles from reference templates. This is the default setting.

To manually update drawings from reference templates

If you turned off automatic updates, you can manually update drawings with changes to styles in attached reference templates.

1. Click Manage tab Styles panel Reference Find.
2. In the Attach Reference Template dialog box, click Update.