1 Create A Template

1.1 Preparations

1. • Edit present Layer

• Set Layer Settings value

1. Check Current Drawing preferences

• Go to current drawing preference

• Edit Current Drawing preference

- Paper: Select A4 Format, Orientation Landscape, and pay attention to the dimensions: Width 297 mm, Height 210 mm
- Units: Main drawing unit Millimeter, Format Decimal, precision 0.0000 (precision machinery today go to a thousandth of a millimeter or less – in construction engineering an inch is a precise measure)
- Grid: Default selections are OK (Grid on, Orthogonal, etc.)
- Dimensions: Change Text Height to 2 mm, leave the rest as they are
- Splines: No actions

1.2 Draw the Border

1. Draw the outer rectangle, we are going to draw a 277x190 mm rectangle, as an A4 page is 297x210 mm

go to cammand box , type the followign commands lines after each line type enter

rec
0, 0 
277, 190

for auto-zoom , and rectangle to be visible, Enter in the same command-box

za

Press [Esc] to end the task

1. Draw 2mm thick Boarder parallel lines

• Extend Rectangle 2mm left

li
0,0
0,-2

• Extend Rectangle 2mm down

  li
  0,0
  -2,0
  

• Draw Boarder parallel lines

  li
  -2, -2
  277,-2
  li
  -2,-2
  -2,190
  

1.3 Draw the title block

To Create a Title bock run the follwing commands

li
167, 0
167, 40
277, 40

li
197, 0
197, 40

li
247, 0
247, 40

li
167, 10
277, 10

li
197, 30
277, 30

li
247, 20
277, 20

the result of the above commands would be like this

1.4 Add Text To the Title Block

• Go to Tools then select MText

• Check Alingment, Text height , Text content

• Place the MText at right Position

• Repeate The process for remaining texts till you get this

1.5 Add Image to Title Block

• Import Image/Symbol you want in Title Box

• Now auto-scale to check if the image fits correctly

• To scale down select Scale

• Set Target Scale down point , and target Scale-down ratio

• Scale Downed Image will look like this

1.6 Printing the Template

• Saving the Template

• Select File --> Print Preview

• Print Previwed template would look like this

• Print