Drawing templates store default preferences, controls, and content common to all drawings in a project.
AutoCAD MEP 2022 toolset includes several default templates in metric or imperial units. You can start on a project immediately by using a template. This saves time and provides consistency when creating multiple drawings. Most notable templates are:
- Aecb Model, a template for designing building systems
- Aecb Sheet, a template for plotting building systems
The templates have specified drawing units, drawing scales, and annotation size. They also have defined layout tabs, display representations, and plotting setups, which serve as a guide to the recommended use of model space and paper space.
Using default templates helps you become more familiar with the software to create new drawings and incorporate them into your project standards. Later, you can modify the default templates or create your own to meet specific company or project requirements.
Perform the action associated with one of the following components:
Layer structures
- Click Home tab
Layers panel Layer Properties
. - Click Layer Standards
. - Click Import/Export.
Styles, such as system definitions and object styles
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Click
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- Select the style from the tree view of the first drawing, and drag it to the tree view of the second drawing.
Design content such as text styles, dimension styles, and linetypes
- Click Insert tab Content panel Content drop-down Design Center .
- Select the content type from the tree view.
- Double-click the specific design content to add it to the drawing.
Layout tabs
- If the Model tab and layout tabs are visible, right-click any tab, and select From template.
- In the Select Template From File dialog, select the file that contains the layout tabs that you want to add to your drawing, and click Open.
- In the Insert Layouts dialog, select the layout tabs.
If the Model tab and layout tabs are not visible, you can display them by right-clicking either corresponding status bar button
, and clicking Display Layout and Model tabs.
If you do not use a template to create new drawings, you must save the drawing settings and standards that you need in each individual drawing.