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Access Methods
Menu: Insert  Layout  New Layout
Menu: Insert  Layout  Layout from Template
Toolbar: Status bar  Layout drop-down  Create New Layout
List of Prompts
The following prompts are displayed.
Enter layout option [
Copy (page 564)/Delete (page 564)/New
(page 564)/Template (page 564)/Rename (page 564)/SAveas (page
564)/
Set (page 565)/? (page 565)] <set>:
NOTE
Many of these options are available by right-clicking a layout tab name.
Copy Copies a layout. If you do not provide a name, the new layout assumes
the name of the copied layout with an incremental number in parentheses.
Delete Deletes a layout. The most current layout is the default.
The Model layout cannot be deleted. To remove all the geometry from the
Model layout, you must select all geometry and use the
ERASE (page 406)
command.
New Creates a new layout. Up to 255 layouts can be created in a single drawing.
Layout names must be unique. Layout names can be up to 255 characters long
and are not case sensitive.
Template Creates a new layout based on an existing layout in a template
(DWT), drawing (DWG), or drawing interchange (DXF) file. If the FILEDIA
(page 1296) system variable is set to 1, a standard file selection dialog box (page
720) is displayed for selecting a DWT, DWG, or DXF file. After you select a file,
the Insert Layouts dialog box is displayed, which lists the layouts saved in the
selected file. After you select a layout, the layout and all objects from the
specified template or drawing file are inserted into the current drawing.
Rename Renames a layout. The last current layout is used as the default for
the layout to rename.
Layout names must be unique. Layout names can be up to 255 characters long
and are not case sensitive.
Saveas Saves a layout as a drawing template(DWT) file without saving any
unreferenced symbol table and block definition information. You can then
use the template to create new layouts in your drawings without having to
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