how do you change the setting that automatically brings up the dialog box to select a template? i'd like to start a new dwg w/o using a template, but everytime i click on New Drawing it keeps prompting me to select a template.
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how do you change the setting that automatically brings up the dialog box to select a template? i'd like to start a new dwg w/o using a template, but everytime i click on New Drawing it keeps prompting me to select a template.
Last edited by cwjean76; 2006-12-08 at 04:51 PM.
in options on the files tab, you can scroll down to template settings and specify a template to use for qnew, then just use qnew from then on instead of new.
Hey,
Type: Filedia and set to 1. Hope this is waht you need.
i guess i need to specify. the dialog boxes are fine. i just don't want ACAD prompting me to select a template.
Hi cwjean76 (sorry I don't know your name)
First I have to qualify this answer since I use ABS but I think it's the same in vanilla CAD.
Couple of thoughts. If you use the QNEW command instead of the NEW command a new drawing will be created using the default template specified in:
OPTIONS - FILE - Template Settings - Default Template File Name for QNEW
You can accomplish this several ways:
Hope this helps.
- The icon for new drawings is already set to QNEW so and can just start a new drawing using the icon.
- Type QNEW instead of NEW when starting a new drawing.
- Edit your File - New menu to QNEW instead of NEW
Scott Telthorst
Quality Control Manager
Helix Electric, Inc.
www.helixelectric.com
Some see the glass as half full, others as half empty. As an engineer I see the glass as twice as big as it needs to be. ~Unknown~
thanks stelthorst. you pointed me in the right direction. i found this after i searched for QNEW(the command still prompted me for a template file, by the way) :
Use the Create New Drawing Dialog Box
The Create New Drawing dialog box is displayed under the following conditions:
You set the STARTUP system variable to 1 (on).
You set the FILEDIA system variable to 1 (on).
You click New on the File menu or Qnew on the Standard toolbar when no drawing template file is specified in the Options dialog box.
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Use the Select Template Dialog Box
The Select Template dialog box is displayed under the following conditions:
You set the STARTUP system variable to 0 (off).
You set the FILEDIA system variable to 1 (on).
You click New on the File menu or, by default, Qnew on the Standard toolbar.
You need to set QNEW to look for a specific file.
It's in the "Files/Template Settings/Default Template File name for QNEW"
You can create a template that mimics a 'start from scratch' condition and have it load each time. Save it where Acad looks for all it's templates.
Sorry guys. I said that in my original post but I should have been more clear that if a template file is not specified in this location then the dialog box will still come up in QNEW. I had one already specified and ASSUMED (shouldn't do that) that a template is specified by default.Originally Posted by rgorman
Scott Telthorst
Quality Control Manager
Helix Electric, Inc.
www.helixelectric.com
Some see the glass as half full, others as half empty. As an engineer I see the glass as twice as big as it needs to be. ~Unknown~