Drawing templates are required for single line diagrams and schematics. A drawing template specifies the page size and orientation of the drawing, and can include a border and title block. Several standard drawing templates are delivered with the software. You usually create a new drawing based on one of these existing templates. However, you can create new templates or customize existing templates to meet your particular needs. This is accomplished inside Smart Electrical.
The default storage locations for single line diagram and schematic templates are specified in Options Manager. If you create a new template, you store it on the server in order for it to be available for drawing creation.
Also, the software comes with a set of files containing borders and title blocks that fit the delivered drawing templates. If you create a new template, you may also need to create a new title block that fits your template correctly and which contains the appropriate information. You can create title blocks in Catalog Manager or in a suitable graphics application such as SmartSketch.
The software embeds symbols that you insert in the template. For this reason, if you modify a border or title block symbol and you want the change to appear in all of your templates, you must reinsert the symbol in each template individually.