To create a new file:
Select File > New. Alternatively, on Windows, click the New Document button to the right of the last document tab.
The Create Document dialog box opens.
Select the type of document to create and click OK to open the new file.
Document Type |
Description |
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Create blank document |
Opens a new empty drawing file without using any template; the default program settings for attributes, scale, and units are used |
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Use document template |
Opens a new drawing with settings that were saved in a template file; select the template to use (see Creating Templates to learn more about templates) |
Vectorworks searches your user folder, your workgroup folders, and the Vectorworks application folder for template files. If no templates are found anywhere on the system, the Create Document dialog box does not open. Instead, a blank new file (using no template) is created automatically.