NewWiz

Open a Drawing

Launches the Open command.

This option is only available if no drawing is open.

Start from Scratch

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

Choose a design context:

• 2D Drafting - create a drawing for 2D drafting, using the 2D Wireframe visual style and a Plan View orientation.

• 3D Modeling - create a drawing for 3d modeling,  using the Modeling visual style and the Front Left isometric view orientation.

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.

Optionally check the Use the selected template as default option.

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:

Select the default template files associated with these design context and measurement systems:

Choose a design context:

• 2D Drafting - create a drawing for 2D drafting, using the 2D Wireframe visual style and a Plan View orientation.

• 3D Modeling - create a drawing fro 3d modeling,  using the Modeling visual style and the Front Left isometric view orientation.

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.

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.