CAD tip # 7323:

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Copy existing layouts from another DWG file.

If you need to create (insert) a set of layouts in your current drawing -- copy them from another DWG drawing, you can use the command LAYOUT and its option Template.

There is a drawback in ths approach, as newer AutoCAD versions insert the layouts sorted alphabetically.

If you need to keep the original (source) order of layouts, you an use the utility CADstudio GetLayouts. AppLoad it and run the GetLayouts command - it will prompt for the name of the external DWG drawing and then (without opening it) it imports all its layouts into the current drawing (layouts with the same name are not copied nor changed).

You can download the GetLayouts utility from Download.

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23.4.2010 21807×

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applies to: AutoCAD · AutoCAD Architecture · AutoCAD Mechanical · AutoCAD Electrical ·

See also:
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