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At some point in your career, you may encounter a drawing that was created in an earlier release. In the appropriate chapters, I explain how to deal with scale factors in these older drawings.

I recommend one last bit of housekeeping before you’re finished with model space drawing setup: Enter summary information in the Drawing Properties dialog box, as shown in Figure 4-6. Click the Application button; in the Drawing Utilities section, choose Drawing Properties to open the Drawing Properties dialog box; then click the Summary tab. Enter the drawing scale and the drawing scale factor you’re using in the Comments area, plus any other information you think useful.

ssss1 Surveying your drawing’s properties.

You can create a template from any DWG file by using the Save Drawing As dialog box. Follow these steps to save your drawing as a template:

1 Click Save As on the Quick Access toolbar.The Save Drawing As dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 4-7.ssss1 Saving a drawing as a template and applying options.