About Creating a New Project With Predefined Standards

The quickest and easiest way to create a new project that already has standards associated with it, is to use an existing project with standards as a template. When you use an existing project as a template, the following files and structures are copied to the new project:

• All project DWG files and XML files
• AEC standards files
• AutoCAD standards files
• Project standards synchronization settings
• Sheet set template
• Project details
• Drawing template paths
• Keynote and detail component database paths
• Project tool palette group
• Tool content root path
• Project Content Browser library

Note: Project standards files, tool palettes, and the project Content Browser library are copied to the new project only if they are located within the original project folder. Standard components located outside the project folder will be referenced by the new project, but not copied to it.

When you create a new project based on a template, all files that are in the project folder, will be copied, including the project drawings (DWG) and their associated XML files. If you want to copy only the standards files and support files, as well as the structure of the project, you need to create a project with a copied structure.