Templater NewTemplateMulti
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| Menu location |
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| Templater → New Template Multi |
| Workbenches |
| Templater |
| Default shortcut |
| None |
| Introduced in version |
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| See also |
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Description
The 
Templater NewTemplateMulti tool creates a small example template and inserts it as a new drawing page into the active document.
Page with a generated template, ISO A3 + bill of material
(Image borrowed from the Macro TemplateHelper page)
Usage
- There are several ways to invoke the tool.
- Press the New Template Multi button.
- Select the Templater → New Template Multi option from the menu.
- The Template settings task panel opens.
- Optionally change a page format.
- If none of the other option is checked the template will result in a blank page.
- Optionally check the Draw a frame option to add a frame to the template.
- The following options can be hidden depending on the checked condition of other options.
- Optionally check the Place zone indices option to add zone indices to the frame.
- Optionally check the Tilt indices 90° option to tilt top and right zone indices to be readable from the right.
- Optionally check the Add a title block option to add a scripted title block to the template.
- Optionally check the Change to ink-blue option to color editable texts.
- Optionally enter a number of BOM lines to add a Bill Of Material on top of the title block.
- Optionally check the Insert Template option to add the template to the document, otherwise the template will only be saved but not inserted.
- Optionally check the Insert title block symbol option and select one of the now available title blocks. This will add a title block symbol to the already inserted template without a scripted title block.
- Optionally change a page format.
- Click Ok to close the task panel and finish the tool.
- A new template will be saved in the .../Mod/Templater/Resources folder.
- If the Insert template option is checked the created template will be displayed in a new TechDraw view.