Create new drawings based on templates

FileNew > New from template, NEWT

  Electrical tab > Documents group > New menu > New from template

With this function, you can start a new drawing using a template. The program does not overwrite the original template drawing. By default, the program names the drawing Drawing[Incremental number], but you can rename the drawing.

Do the following:

  1. In the Select template dialog, select the template drawing that you want to use.

    Template drawings are located in a template directory which you can define in the settings (see Define directory settings). The program comes with some template drawings but you can also create your own templates by saving them to the template directory.

  2. Click Open. The Start a new Electrical drawing dialog opens.

  3. Define the drawing type, the project directory and drawing name.

  4. Click OK.

  5. Depending on the drawing type you selected, define other settings as necessary.

The program creates a new drawing and sets the template as the base drawing for it.

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