Using Layouts to Set Up a Print - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 714

FiGuRE 14.14 Defining the TTLB-INFO block unit in the Write Block
dialog box
Note how the block labels, such as “PROJECT:” and “DRAWN BY:” remain in the
drawing. In the example shown in the topic, “THE CAD GEEK” is the company
name. It has been kept in the title block reference because the company name is
unlikely to change—and even if it did, it would be the same in every sheet through-
out the project. If we hadn't planned to use Sheet Set Manager, you might have cho-
sen to keep the Project Name in the title block reference as well.
Setting up a Sheet template
As mentioned in the introduction to this chapter, you have considerable control
over the way your drawings are plotted. The trade-off for this degree of granular-
ity is that you have a large number of settings to manage. Keeping all of these
settings set to consistent values throughout a plan set can be rather challenging.
One of the best ways to ensure that your entire plan set is configured exactly
the same way is to start with a template. By creating a template of a typical plan
sheet, you can then create subsequent plan sheets from it, which in turn copies
all of the plot settings.
This section will focus on the creation of a sheet template that you'll use later
in this chapter to create your plan sheets.
1. Create a directory named Sheets in your Chapter 14 directory.
This directory will be used to store each of the plan sheets.