Template
Use the Template preferences panel to designate a SketchUp file that you would want to use as a template for all of your subsequent models.
Creating a Template
A template file contains default settings from the Model Info dialog box and base geometry. To create a template:
1. Select File > New menu item to start a new SketchUp file.
2. Modify the Model Info settings to fit your particular needs. For example, you might want to set default units and snaps, activate a ground plane, and set a geographic location.
3. Modify the Preference settings to fit your particular needs.
4. (optionally) Draw any geometry that you want to share among all of your models. For example, you might want all of your models of houses to be created within the same starting terrain (such as when you are creating models of houses within a housing development).
5. Select File > Save to save the SketchUp file. Save this file in the Templates directory (under the SketchUp installation directory) if you want this file to appear in the drop-down list of templates within the Preferences dialog box.
Automatically Loading a Template
You can load a template SketchUp file manually using File > Open every time you want to create a model. Or, you can identify a file as a template using the Template section of the Preferences dialog box to load the template automatically when you run SketchUp.
Select a template from the list of templates to load a template (if your SketchUp template file is in the Templates directory). Click the Browse button to locate templates that do not appear in the drop-down list.
Your template will load every time you run SketchUp.
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