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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1 - Find the Information You Need
- Part 1 - The User Interface
- Part 2 - Start, Organize, and Save a Drawing
- Part 3 - Control the Drawing Views
- Part 4 - Create and Modify Objects
- Chapter 14 - Control the Properties of Objects
- Chapter 15 - Use Precision Tools
- Chapter 16 - Draw Geometric Objects
- Chapter 17 - Change Existing Objects
- Part 5 - Hatches, Notes, and Dimensions
- Chapter 18 - Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Chapter 19 - Notes and Labels
- Chapter 20 - Dimensions and Tolerances
- Part 6 - Create Layouts and Plot Drawings
- Chapter 21 - Create Layouts
- Chapter 22 - Plot Drawings
- Part 7 - Share Data Between Drawings and Applications
- Chapter 23 - Reference Other Drawing Files (Xrefs)
- Chapter 24 - Link and Embed Data (OLE)
- Chapter 25 - Work with Data in Other Formats
- Chapter 26 - Access External Databases
- Overview of Using AutoCAD with External Databases
- Access a Database from Within AutoCAD
- Link Database Records to Graphical Objects
- Use Labels to Display Database Information in the Drawing
- Use Queries to Filter Database Information
- Share Link and Label Templates and Queries with Other Users
- Work with Links in Files from Earlier Releases
- Part 8 - Work with Other People and Organizations
- Chapter 27 - Protect and Sign Drawings
- Chapter 28 - Use the Internet to Share Drawings
- Chapter 29 - Insert and View Markups
- Chapter 30 - Publish Drawing Sets
- Part 9 - Create Realistic Images and Graphics
- Glossary
- Index
Save a Drawing | 83
2 In the Select Template dialog box, click the arrow next to the Open button
and then click one of the options from the list:
■ Open with no Template - Imperial to restore acad.dwt
■ Open with no Template - Metric to restore acadiso.dwt
The drawing opens with the default settings.
3 On the File menu, click Save As.
4 In the Save Drawing As dialog box, select the Drawing Template file type.
Save the drawing with its original name, either acad.dwt for imperial or
acadiso.dwt for metric.
5 Click Save.
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Save a Drawing
You save drawing files for later use just as you do with other Windows appli-
cations. AutoCAD also provides automatic saving, backup files, and other
options for saving.
When you are working on a drawing, you should save it frequently. Saving
protects you from losing work in the event of a power failure or other unex-
pected event. If you want to create a new version of a drawing without
affecting the original drawing, you can save it under another name.
The file extension for AutoCAD drawing files is .dwg, and unless you change
the default file format in which drawings are saved, drawings are saved in the
AutoCAD LT 2004 drawing-file format. This format is optimized for file com-
pression and for use on a network.
Save Your Drawing Automatically
If you turn on the automatic saving option, AutoCAD saves your drawing at
specified time intervals. By default, files saved automatically are temporarily
assigned the name filename_a_b_nnnn.sv$. The file name is the current
drawing name, a is the number of open instances of the same drawing file in
the same AutoCAD session, b is the number of open instances of the same
drawing in different sessions of AutoCAD, and nnnn is a random number
generated by AutoCAD.
Files that are automatically saved are deleted when AutoCAD closes a
drawing in the normal way. Saved files remain in the event of a crash or
power failure. To recover a previous version of your drawing from the auto-
matically saved file, rename the file using a .dwg extension.