×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

How to set default to 2D

How to set default to 2D

How to set default to 2D

(OP)
This issue has been driving me nuts for a while.

Upon startup, my AutoCAD 2007 displays in 3D. I'm structural, so we don't really use 3D. I've played around with as many settings as I can think of, but I haven't been able to figure it out.

How do I get AutoCAD to default to 2D (x-y plane), instead of the 3D view.

Sorry if this is a basic question for all you AutoCAD experts; as you can tell, I am NOT an expert myself.

RE: How to set default to 2D

You need to set up your template file (.dwt) used for start-up.

Identify your template file by choosing Tools>Options>Files>Template Settings>Default Template File Name for QNEW and open that dwg.

In model space:

Type UCS   World
(to set the UCS to World UCS)

Type Plan    Current
(to set the model space view to be in Plan View and Y axis going up the screen)

then Save

When you open a new drawing (or on start-up) your default view will be in plan view...

regards, cherrypicker


 

RE: How to set default to 2D

(OP)
Thaks, cherrypicker..  worked like a charm..

I figured it was something relatively simple, but as I said, I'm not an expert..

RE: How to set default to 2D

Also this method can determine your DEFAULT settings for units, text styles, dimension styles as well as layers etc.

regards, Ian

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources