To Work with Templates for Drawings

How to customize templates to better suit your work process.

Change the Default Drafting Standard

1. Click Configure Default Template on the File tab of the Application Options dialog.
2. In the Configure Default Templates dialog, select the desired drafting standard.

Locate Drawing Templates

1. In Autodesk Inventor, click File Manage Projects.
2. Expand the Folder Options node in the Project list.

   3. If the location is [Default], place the cursor over the Templates item to display the path.

Add Tabs for Templates to the New Dialog

• Create new subfolders in the Templates folder, and then add template files to them.

Make a Template the Default Template

Any template can be the default template for new drawings.

1. To avoid overwriting the existing default template, move or rename the existing standard template before saving the new template.
2. Save the template in the Templates folder with the file name standard.idw or standard.dwg.

Specify Document Settings and iProperties for Templates

You can specify properties such as cost center, project name, or manager, and then save them as part of the template. Use Properties to add and maintain information automatically in title blocks, borders, sketched symbols, and text, or to track and manage files using Design Assistant.

1. Click Tools tab Options panel Document Settings.
2. In the Document Settings dialog, set template options.