Update an existing layout

[tds_cc]

Hey folks - We have a layout file created for a project we've been working on. However, we now made some updates to our layout template and would like to use the new layout template for the existing layout file. Is there an easy way to switch these out? 

[DBCooper]

Easy? Not necessarily.  It depends on what you want to keep from the old layout and what you want from the new layout template.

 

You can create a new layout using the new template and copy what you want out of the old layout.  Assuming everything you sent to layout is using a saved view, I think it is almost as easy to just recreate your layout using the new template.

 

[winterdd]

Can't you go to the new layout on sheet zero and copy and paste the template/border and then paste on sheet zero of the project layout? That is if I understood you correctly. 

[robdyck]

4 hours ago, tds_cc said:

Is there an easy way to switch these out?

Open the layout template and the existing layout file in 2 windows. Save the template to the correct folder.

Copy and paste from the old to the new or vice versa on a page by page basis. Both ways have pros and cons depending on the amount and type of information that is present in each layout file. 

If there is page info and revision info in the existing layout file, then you'll probably want to keep it and copy from the new template.