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Templates are used as a starting point in creating a document. A template is a file that provides tools such as text, formats, geometry, dimensions, units of measurement, toolbars, and styles that are used to produce a new document that uses a specified format. You can either use one of the pre-defined templates SmartSketch provides or you can create your own.

SmartSketch Industry-Specific Templates

SmartSketch provides an extensive selection of templates on which you can base your documents. The template that you use depends on the type of information you want to put in the document. For example, if you want to create a drawing that contains a schematic of an electrical component, you can use an electrical schematic template.

When you select a specific template, tools are available that allow you to create either a schematic diagram or a precision drawing. 

  • Schematic diagrams are primarily created using symbols, connectors, and text at a 1:1 scale. Schematic diagrams do not represent a logical flow. The Schematic toolbar is available when you select a template designed to create a schematic diagram. 

  • Precision drawings represent physical elements such as lines, arcs, curves, and rectangles that you draw precisely with the Draw toolbar. Precision drawings are created at real-world scale, and you can maintain relationships between elements in precision drawings.

Additionally, when you base a document on a particular template, that template automatically points to the symbols that you would most likely use for that type of document. The Symbol Explorer displays the appropriate symbol set for the task.

To base new documents on a template, choose New on the File menu and select the template from the list. You can also open the template and save the document under another name.

Custom SmartSketch Templates

If you find it necessary to use the same document settings over and over in different drawings, you can create customized templates.  Document settings might include such options as drawing sheet settings, scales, actual elements that you draw, and a background sheet.

To save a document as a template, use Save As Template on the File menu. By default, the software saves templates in the Template folder located in the install folder. You can, however, save your template to a UNC path. A different file extension in the name of the document is not necessary.

To preserve the data integrity of your custom template files from one software version to the next, Intergraph PPM recommends after installing the latest version of the software that you open all your custom template files and save them to new file format.

See Also

Create a Template