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Drawing standards, also known as CAD standards, are guidelines that help you name the files that are created inside or outside of the Autodesk^® AutoCAD^® software for a project, the named objects that are used within a drawing file, and the file formats that you might accept. Much like the marketing or management teams use the same logos and memo templates, all drafters or professionals using AutoCAD software in your company should follow a set of company standards.

Without having a well-defined set of standards, you will find it harder to share and output files within a company, and in turn this can lead to delays and make it nearly impossible to achieve a consistent look to all the drawings that your client receives. In addition, it is difficult to customize AutoCAD to help enforce your company's standards if there really are no standards.

Can you imagine what a client might think when a company sends them a set of drawings that contain different fonts or title blocks, or the inconsistent use of lineweights?

Well-established drawing standards ensure that your drawings all look the same when they are presented to the client, and they can make it easier to

• Train new drafters and other professionals on your company's standards that use AutoCAD

• Identify which drawing and externally referenced files are associated with a project

• Determine the purpose of a named object in a drawing

• Share project files with clients and contractors because your standards are well defined