How to make a drawing template in AutoCAD with proper unit
Before we start making an AutoCAD drawing we generally make many settings in the blank file like changing Units, Limits, Adding Layers, Linetypes, Blocks, Dimension styles etc. Repeating these settings every time we start a new drawing is not practical and that s where drawing templates come into picture. To make this task easier you can [ ]
Before we start making an AutoCAD drawing we generally make many settings in the blank file like changing Units, Limits, Adding Layers, Linetypes, Blocks, Dimension styles etc.
Repeating these settings every time we start a new drawing is not practical and that’s where drawing templates come into picture.
To make this task easier you can make a drawing template in AutoCAD with all of your custom settings and then, start any drawing with exact same settings.
Templates are saved with DWT file extension and when you save your work in a template file it gets saved as a DWG file.
In this article, I will explain the methods of setting your own units in AutoCAD drawings, specifying limits and its significance and then saving those settings as a template file.
You can obviously save your templates with a lot more custom properties then listed in this article.
So with that let’s start by configuring the unit.
Setting Drawing Units
Close all open tabs from your AutoCAD window to reach the start screen.
Now click on the arrow which is next to “Templates” and select acad.dwt template from the list as shown in the image below.
A completely blank drawing will open.
Go to Application menu on the top left of AutoCAD window and select Drawing Utilities option and then select Units as shown in the image below.
Alternatively, you can also use it’s command UN.
The Drawing Units window will open with default settings as per the selected template.
Click the Type drop-down menu and change the unit type to Architectural, if you are a metric user then change it to Decimal.
Click on the precision dropdown and change it to 0’-0 ¼”, metric users change it to 0.00.
The precision format is just for reference, you can choose your own format of precision display.
The precision selected here will not determine the precision with which AutoCAD measures your drawing, it is simply the precision up to which AutoCAD will display the decimal places.
Irrespective of the precision format, AutoCAD will still calculate geometries with the maximum allowable precision.