NewWiz

Start from Default Template

Starts new drawings with the default template file. The default DWT template file is defined by the Templates section of the Settings command (Basefile system variable).

Start from Scratch

Starts new drawings using one of the default template files associated with these measurement systems:

Choose a measurement system, and then click Finish:

• Imperial (feet and inches) - choose the default-imperial.dwt file for imperial drawings.

• Metric - choose the default-mm.dwt template file metric drawings.

Start from Template

Starts new drawings with a template file:

Choose a template file, and then click Finish.

STB is short for "style table," which refers to template drawings with plot styles.

Use a Wizard

Starts new drawings with a wizard:

Choose a linear measurement unit, and then click Next.

Choose an angular measurement unit, and then click Next.

Choose whether the drawing uses color-dependent plot styles or named plot styles:

• Color-dependent - uses plot styles that are simpler to employ, but less flexible.

• Named - uses plot styles are more flexible but more complex, because they can control all properties of every entity during plotting.

Click Next.

Choose the default working color and linetype:

• Color - chooses ByLayer, which lets layers control the colors of entities. See Color and Layer commands.

• Linetype - chooses ByLayer, for the same reason. See Linetype and Layer commands.

Toggle the grid, snap, UCS icon, and marker blips:

• Grid On - turn on for seeing the drawing extents and relative distances. See Grid command.

• Snap On - turn on for setting the cursor increment. See Snap command.

• UCS icon - turn on for 3D drawings; turn off for 2D drawings. See UcsIcon command.

• Marker blips - turn off to keep screen clean. See Blipmode command.

Click Finish.