The User Templates
Introduction
This topic will describe where to save/access User Templates, explain the User Template option, how to create them, how to use them, and will provide a link to a related topic.
Navigation
To save a document as a template:
- With the current file completed to the point a template is desired from its current state, click File to access the Backstage.
- Click New.
- At the bottom of the page, under Save Current Document as Template, select Save Template.
To use a job template:
- Click File to access the Backstage.
- Click New.
- Under User Templates, select the desired template.
The User Templates
User Templates are designed to allow you to load, what is essentially an entire file to begin your work from. The template you load from the User Templates could have as little as particular colors/tolerances saved to it, but could include as much CAD, CAM, or particular Settings as you would like saved to it. Literally anything that is in the file when it is saved will be loaded as the template the next time it is used.
To create a file using a template, you must first create a template.
Creating a User Template
User Templates can be saved with everything including CAD work and computed features with toolpath. Features saved with selected geometry will still remember that geometry and can be computed without losing toolpath.
- With the current file completed to the point a template is desired from its current state, click File to access the Backstage.
- Click New.
- At the bottom of the page, under Save Current Document as Template, select Save Template.
The Save Template dialog appears. - Set the desired name of the template.
- Click Save.
The template is saved and ready to use.
Using User Templates
- Click File to access the Backstage.
- Click New.
- Under User Templates, select the desired template.
The template opens.