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Contents
Part V: Creating Drawings 661
Chapter 20: Automating Drawings: The Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663
Comparing Templates and Formats ..................................................................................663
Changing existing templates ....................................................................................664
Maintaining different templates or formats ..............................................................664
Creating custom drafting standards .........................................................................665
Creating Drawing Formats ................................................................................................666
Customizing an existing format ...............................................................................666
Sample formats ..............................................................................................666
Editing a format .............................................................................................667
Managing text ................................................................................................669
Using custom properties..........................................................................................669
Custom property data entry ...........................................................................669
Property link display .....................................................................................671
Errors and link variables ................................................................................672
Creating linked properties .............................................................................673
Using the Title Block function .................................................................................674
Creating a format from a blank screen .....................................................................675
Creating a format from an imported DWG/DXF file ................................................676
Saving the format ....................................................................................................678
Second sheet formats ...............................................................................................679
Adding new sheets ........................................................................................680
Reloading formats ..........................................................................................680
Creating Drawing Templates .............................................................................................681
Using Pre-defined Views in drawing templates ........................................................681
Aligning Pre-defined Views............................................................................683
Populating a drawing with Pre-defined Views ................................................683
Pre-defined Views and sheet scale..................................................................684
Pre-defined View limitations ..........................................................................684
Using styles and blocks in templates .......................................................................684
Custom properties in templates ...............................................................................686
Saving a template ....................................................................................................687
Creating Blocks .................................................................................................................687
Summary ..........................................................................................................................688Chapter 21: Working with Drawing Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689
Creating Common View Types ..........................................................................................689
View palette ............................................................................................................690
Model View .............................................................................................................691
Open documents ...........................................................................................692
Thumbnail Preview .......................................................................................692
Start Command When Creating New Drawing Option ..................................692
Reference Configuration ................................................................................692