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The other day on a customer support call I was asked how to get a standard drawing to be selected when using the New Project wizard. After getting the customer square away, I thought how many other IntelliCAD users had forgotten or do not know how to set up the default template directory.

By default the drawingtemplates are searched for in the installation directory of IntelliCAD. The directory is something like:

C:\Program Files\JMA Tech\IntelliCAD 6.6 Standard

The New Project Wizard allows you setup a new drawing in two ways:

1. Set the drawing parameters using prompts
2. Load a drawing template file.

I prefer the second method so I can load only project specific drawing templates. This will allow you to preload the blocks and layer system required by the client. This also reduces mistakes in the field since you or the operator do not have to remember what the required drawing setting or load specific blocks.

Now how do you go about do this?

1. Start IntelliCAD if it is not already running.
2. Click the Tools menu (upper line)
3. The Options dialog should now be displayed. A tabbed dialog.
4. Click the tab labeled Path/Files.
5. A list of user paths and locations should be displayed in the main part of the dialog.
6. Scroll down the User Path until the User Path Templates is highlighted.
7. Click on the Location (column to the left). This should then become highlighted.
8. You should now delete the current directory list. This way only the project specific templates will be selectable by the wizard.
9. Press the “Browse” at the lower right corner of the dialog.
10. A directory dialog will be displayed. Dialog title is “Browse for Folder”
11. When the directory (folder) is displayed for the templates then highlight the folder and click OK button.
12. How go to the second panel in the dialog. (this is below the User Path panel)
13. Scroll through the System files until Template is displayed
14. Highlight the file name for the template.
15. Click the Browse button below the panel.
16. The standard Open File dialog will be displayed.
17. The standard Open File dialog will be displayed. The list of files will be from the directory path that was previously selected.
18. Highlight the drawing template file that is to be used as the default file. Click the OK button to accept the selected file.
19. Click the OK buttonat the bottom of the Options dialog box.

That is all there is to it.

Now each time you need to start a new drawing for project use the New Drawing Wizard with a the project specific template list.