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NOTE If your style sheet does not appear in the Stylesheet menu after you perform
these steps, restart AutoCAD Map 3D, relaunch the Metadata Viewer, and click
Stylesheet again.
Quick Reference
MAPMETADATAVIEWER
Displays the Metadata Viewer
MAPMETADATAVIEWERCommand Line
In Map Explorer, right-click the current drawing
View Metadata.
Task Pane
Metadata ViewerDialog Box
Working with Metadata Templates
Overview of Metadata Templates
Metadata templates allow you to reuse
metadata (page 2069) such as the contact
information for your organization, or other common values that rarely change.
Templates can be especially useful if your organization must create metadata
for large numbers of legacy drawings. You can create new templates from
existing metadata, or
import (page 1492) them from other sources to increase
your productivity.
See also:
Overview of Editing Metadata (page 1498)
Updating Metadata (page 1503)
To use metadata templates
1 Create (page 1492) or import (page 1492) the template you want.
2
Apply the template (page 1492).
3 If desired, set a default template:
Preview (page 1494) the templates to see which one you want.
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