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Using the STARTUP variable

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Using the STARTUP variable

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- [Instructor] Welcome to another AutoCAD tip and trick. Now what we're going to be looking at today is the startup variable in AutoCAD. Now, when you first start up AutoCAD, this is the screen you get. And you'll notice at the bottom of the screen there, you've got the Create option or you've also got the Learn option. By default, it starts in the Create option, expecting you to create a new drawing. Now when you create a new drawing in AutoCAD, it normally refers you to the default AutoCAD template folder, which is set in your AutoCAD options. So you can do this in two ways. I can go here, and I can just go to my template, it's on the little down arrow there, and I can select a template from the list. Now those templates are somewhat undescriptive in their naming philosophy. so, acadiso.dwt, what does that mean? Well, if I hover over it, you can see there, it tells me it's a normal international metric drawing template using color dependent plot style. It even tells me the location…

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