Add Identifying Information To Drawings; Open Or Save A Drawing; Open A Drawing - Autodesk 057B1-41A111-1001 - AutoCAD LT 2010 User Manual

Linetypes
Lineweights
Layouts
Page setups
By default, drawing template files are stored in the template folder, where they
are easily accessible. You can use the Application Preferences dialog box to
set a default for both the template folder and the drawing template file.

Add Identifying Information to Drawings

You can keep track of your drawings more easily if you add keywords or other
information to them.
Use Finder
Finder can be used to location drawing files. For example, you can search for
all files created on a certain date, or for files you modified yesterday.
Display Properties in Fields
You can assign any of the drawing properties to a field in a text object. For
more information about fields, see

Open or Save a Drawing

You can use several methods to find and open drawings, even damaged
drawings. You can save and backup drawings automatically.

Open a Drawing

You open drawings to work on them just as you do with other applications.
In addition, you can choose from several alternative methods.
To open a drawing, you can
Use Open on the File menu to display the Select File dialog box. If the
FILEDIA system variable is set to 0, the Command prompt version displays
instead of a file navigation dialog box.
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Use Fields in Text (page 350).
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