System - New Document Defaults

Parent page: System Preferences

The System - New Document Defaults page of the Preferences dialog

Summary

The System – New Document Defaults page of the Preferences dialog allows you to specify the defaults used when new projects and documents are created. You can load file or Vault sourced templates for all types of Altium Designer documents. The Preferences can be saved and loaded at will, and importantly, released to the Altium Vault as Managed Preferences for reuse by others.

Access

This page is accessed by clicking New Document Defaults under the System folder in the main Preferences dialog (DXP » Preferences). 

Options/Controls

• Document Kind - lists all the document/file types.

• New documents default - click the right hand side of the column then  to open a drop-down in which you can select how to define the default document:
  • From File - click to browse and select the desired file.
  • From Vault - click to open the Choose item dialog in which a suitable Managed Template can be selected or the target Item for a new template created.

• Reset to Default - click to reset to the default settings.