To Create Custom Part Templates

To streamline part modeling, create custom part template files with default values that best suit your projects and workflows.

A part file becomes a template when it is saved to the Templates\%Language% folder, which is named for the installed language pack(s).

1. Choose Get Started tab New Part to create a part file from the default template.

2. Do any of the following:

   • Change the grid settings and the size of the origin work planes to accommodate the average sizes of the parts you create.
   • Create a default sketch that has default work features, such as an origin point at the intersection of the three base work planes.
   • Set default units of measurement.
   • Add sketches or solid geometry as the start for commonly created parts.
   • Define commonly used parameters, or link to a spreadsheet of parameters.
   • Define specific materials, appearances, and lighting styles.

3. Set the properties such as cost center, project name, or manager.

   Properties can be used to find, track, and manage your files. They can also be used to add and maintain information automatically in title blocks, parts lists, and bills of material.

4. Save the file in the Autodesk\Autodesk Inventor [version]\Templates folder, or to a subfolder of Templates.