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Chapter 2 Getting Started with AutoCAD Land Development Desktop

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You can assign a drawing to only one project, but you can re-

associate the drawing if you want to associate it with a different

project later by using the Reassociate Drawing command from the

Projects menu.

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Projects can contain multiple drawings.

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All the drawings in a project share the data files, such as the

point database.

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If you open an existing drawing that is not assigned to a project,

then you are prompted to select a project. This assignment is saved

when you save the drawing.

Creating Projects

You can create a new project when you create a new drawing, or you

can create a new project from the Project Manager. When creating a

new project, you establish the project name, description, and

keywords, as well as the prototype to base the drawing settings on

and the location for storing the drawing files, in the Project Details

dialog box.

Select a prototype

to establish initial

drawing settings.

Type a name for the

project.

Choose a location

for the project’s

drawing files.

Type an optional

description for the

project.

Type optional

keywords for the

project