Copying a Project and Re-associating the Current Drawing

AutoCAD Land Desktop Tutorial

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Copying a Project and Re-associating the Current Drawing

A portion of the Lesson-2 tutorial drawing must be worked on as a separate project. Since some of the important data is not stored in the drawing but is stored in the project files, a copy of the project is required.

You can not copy an active, current project. To copy a project, start a new session of AutoCAD Land Desktop and, before starting a named drawing or associating it with a project, open the Project Management dialog box and use the Copy option.

  1. From the Projects menu, click Project Manager to display the Project Management dialog box.

  2. In the Project section, from the Name list, select Tutorial1, and then click Copy to display the Copy dialog box.

  3. In the Copy Project To section, enter TutorialC for the Name.

  4. Enter Building site - Northwest corner for the Description, and then click OK.

    The copied project has the same directory structure as the original project, with the same files populating each folder.

  5. As an AutoCAD message dialog box is displayed, click Yes to change the project association and to return to the Project Management dialog box.

  6. Click Close to close the Project Management dialog box.

  7. Use the following steps to open the Lesson-2 tutorial drawing.

  8. On the File menu, click Open to display the Open Drawing: Project Based dialog box.

  9. From the Project Name list, select TutorialC, from the Select Project Drawing List, select Lesson-2.dwg, and then click OK.