HOWTO:New Drawing

Command Line Shortcut: np User Permissions Level: All Product Level: All This will guide you on the steps to create a new drawing within your project.

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Before You Start

There are a couple of things you need to think about before you create your new drawing: What type of paper/printer layout will you be using when it comes time to print your project. What will this drawing be named.

How To Create a New Drawing

Step	Description
Click File>New Drawing OR Click the New Drawing tab in the Project Explorer Or enter nd in the Command Line	New Drawing
A dialog box will pop up asking you to select a drawing template. This will be based on the type of paper you plan to print your drawings on.	Drawing Template
Select your template and Click [Next].	You will now have a dialog box pop up asking you to select if you want to use Model Space Boundries. Selecting use Model Space Boundries will put a Boundry on your model space based on what your template choice. You can draw outside the boundry but if you print that page, anything outside that boundry will not be printed. Model Space Boundries
Enter your project name, description, path, and lead person	The Project Name must follow file naming conventions because we are going to make a folder with the project name.
Click [Next >] button
Inspect the information about where we are going to create the project. If all is well Click the [Finish] button.	Your new project will be created.

Project File Structure

We will create a project folder wherever you selected and two subfolders:

YourProjectName

-Drawings

-Project Databases

If you opted for SQL Server databases your Project Databases folder will be empty. This is normal since the database files reside on the server.