NOTE For more information on NIBS or to purchase a copy of the National CAD Standard documentation you can visit their
web site at
http://www.nibs.org/
Content Resources
To create and distribute content effectively, it is important to have an understanding of where different types of content
are best stored, and the possibilities each one of them provide towards a cohesive, well-managed system of templates,
styles, symbols and tools. Careful attention should be paid to ease of user access, centralized storage and automation.
Template Drawings
There are a variety of things that should be kept in the template, however care should be taken to keeping it as “lean”
as possible. Before storing content in a template you should consider other options, choosing to store it in the template
only after confirming that it is the best possible location. Normally, the template itself should be stored in the location
that is specified in the “OPTIONS” dialogue box under “Template Settings”.
Setting the template file location in the “Options” dialog box.
Items that should be included in the template file:
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Layer definitions: Pre-defined layers should be kept to a minimum. Most layers are created when needed by the
layer key style that is loaded into a drawing. Only include pre-defined layers for those other objects and settings
that must be in the template before a Layer Key Style is loaded or any objects created.
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Text styles: Include text style definitions to be used for standard notes and dimensions.
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Title Blocks, Layouts and Page Setups: These should be created in templates intended for use as plot sheet
templates. Templates that are intended to be used for sheet sets, especially, should have page setups saved within
them to serve as page setup overrides when publishing a sheet set.
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Multi-View Blocks: Normally these should be stored as AEC Content or tags, however if you want to use a
custom column grid bubble block instead of the default grid bubble, you should store it in the template.
NOTE Custom blocks do not scale correctly if you copy objects to which they are attached (such as doors with door
hardware) and paste them in a drawing that has drawing units specified differently.
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Classification Definitions: Those classification definitions that you use frequently are best stored in your
drawing template, so that they are readily available when you need to classify either a style or an individual object.
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Summary of Contents for 00128-051462-9310 - AUTOCAD 2008 COMM UPG FRM 2005 DVD
Page 1: ...AutoCAD Architecture 2008 User s Guide 2007 ...
Page 4: ...1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...
Page 40: ...xl Contents ...
Page 41: ...Workflow and User Interface 1 1 ...
Page 42: ...2 Chapter 1 Workflow and User Interface ...
Page 146: ...106 Chapter 3 Content Browser ...
Page 164: ...124 Chapter 4 Creating and Saving Drawings ...
Page 370: ...330 Chapter 6 Drawing Management ...
Page 440: ...400 Chapter 8 Drawing Compare ...
Page 528: ...488 Chapter 10 Display System ...
Page 540: ...500 Chapter 11 Style Manager ...
Page 612: ...572 Chapter 13 Content Creation Guidelines ...
Page 613: ...Conceptual Design 2 573 ...
Page 614: ...574 Chapter 14 Conceptual Design ...
Page 678: ...638 Chapter 16 ObjectViewer ...
Page 683: ...Designing with Architectural Objects 3 643 ...
Page 684: ...644 Chapter 18 Designing with Architectural Objects ...
Page 788: ...748 Chapter 18 Walls ...
Page 942: ...902 Chapter 19 Curtain Walls ...
Page 1042: ...1002 Chapter 21 AEC Polygons ...
Page 1052: ...Changing a door width 1012 Chapter 22 Doors ...
Page 1106: ...Changing a window width 1066 Chapter 23 Windows ...
Page 1172: ...1132 Chapter 24 Openings ...
Page 1226: ...Using grips to change the flight width of a spiral stair run 1186 Chapter 25 Stairs ...
Page 1368: ...Using the Angle grip to edit slab slope 1328 Chapter 28 Slabs and Roof Slabs ...
Page 1491: ...Design Utilities 4 1451 ...
Page 1492: ...1452 Chapter 30 Design Utilities ...
Page 1536: ...1496 Chapter 31 Layout Curves and Grids ...
Page 1564: ...1524 Chapter 32 Grids ...
Page 1611: ...Documentation 5 1571 ...
Page 1612: ...1572 Chapter 36 Documentation ...
Page 1706: ...Stretching a surface opening Moving a surface opening 1666 Chapter 36 Spaces ...
Page 1710: ...Offsetting the edge of a window opening on a freeform space surface 1670 Chapter 36 Spaces ...
Page 1956: ...1916 Chapter 42 Fields ...
Page 2035: ...Properties of a detail callout The Properties of a Callout Tool 1995 ...
Page 2060: ...2020 Chapter 45 Callouts ...
Page 2170: ...2130 Chapter 47 AEC Content and DesignCenter ...
Page 2171: ...Other Utilities 6 2131 ...
Page 2172: ...2132 Chapter 48 Other Utilities ...
Page 2182: ...2142 Chapter 51 Reference AEC Objects ...
Page 2212: ...2172 Chapter 52 Customizing and Adding New Content for Detail Components ...
Page 2217: ...AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Menus 54 2177 ...
Page 2226: ...2186 Chapter 54 AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Menus ...
Page 2268: ...2228 Index ...