From there you can make sure what you draw complies. I think your task is to go to the library (its too dear to buy) and work through finding out what standards will apply to your work. It also explains projection over which AutoCAD has no control, that is down to the draughtsman. It is sometime since I read it but it did contain a section specifically for CAD but most of it is about size of text, dimensioning, weight of printed lines, shape of graphical symbols etc. It is the standard for DRAWING - irrespective of how the drawing was produced. bs8888 drawing standards pdf Posted on Augby admin BS is the British standard developed by the BSI Group for technical product documentation, geometric product specification, geometric tolerance specification and engineering drawings. It is also closly aligned with the European standard (number escapes me) so all European drawings should at least be similar. BS8888 is the standard that all UK draughtsmen should work to. From time immemorial, drawings have been the medium used.
Having said all that I don't think AutoCAD has a hook to BS8888. Some companies are already future proofing their design information by. Change what you need and save it then all drawings started with that template will have their basic settings the same. This can be selected from the drop down box when you 'open drawing'. You need to set anything you want to be standard across any drawing you start should be set up in your dwt file.
