You can create a custom project template using several methods.
- On the Home page, under Models, click New.
As an alternative, from the ribbon, click File tab
New
(Project).
- In the New Project dialog, under Template file, select:
- None to create your template from a blank project file.
- Browse to base your template on an existing project template. Navigate to the template location.
- Under Create new, select Project template.
- Click OK.
Note: If you do not base the template on an existing template, the Select Initial Units dialog displays. Specify Imperial or Metric units.
- Define settings.
- Create any geometry that will be used as a base in future projects.
- Click File tabSave.
- Enter a name and select a location for the template.
- Click Save.
- Add project templates to the template list for the New Project dialog.
Other methods include the following:
- Open an existing template file, modify the settings as necessary, and save it as a new template (RTE) file.
- Start with a blank model. Create and specify names for views, levels, schedules, and sheets. Create a construction documentation set by creating sheets and adding empty views to the sheets. Save the model as a template file. When you create a model using the template and start to draw geometry in the views, the views on the sheets update. This strategy automates the creation of construction documentation.
- Start with a model that includes geometry that can be used as a base for new models. For example, if you have defined geometry for a college campus and want to include that geometry in multiple new models for the college, save the model with the geometry as a template. Each time you create a model using this template, the geometry is included.