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Exercise 4: Replace the north arrow block, To replace the north arrow in the map book template
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7 Save the modified template. ■ Click ➤ Save As ➤ AutoCAD Drawing Template. ■ Specify a new name (for example, Map Book Template - Inset.dwt). Save the template in the Templates directory if you plan to reuse it. Otherwise, save it in My Documents. 8 Edit the description when it displays. Leave Save All Layers As Unreconciled selected. 9 Leave the template file open for the next exercise. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 4: Replace the north arrow block (page 185). Exercise 4: Replace the north arrow block AutoCAD Map 3D comes with sample files, including blocks such as north arrow symbols. You can delete the default north arrow and replace it with one of the sample blocks. The template (page 315) also has an area in which you can insert your company logo as a block. The process would be similar. NOTE This exercise uses the template you modified in the previous exercise (page 182). To replace the north arrow in the map book template 1 If the template you modified is not still open, open it again. 2 Click the north arrow block in the template and press Delete. 3 Open the sample file containing the north arrow symbols. By default, the north arrow file is C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D 2010\Sample\Symbols\North Arrows.dwg. 4 In the North Arrows.dwg file, click a north arrow symbol. 5 Right-click the selected symbol and click Copy. 6 Close the North Arrows.dwg file and, in the template file, right-click a blank area and click Paste As Block. Exercise 4: Replace the north arrow block | 185