When you need to begin drawing quickly, select Start from Scratch and then select either English (including feet and inches) or metric settings. Whether you select English settings or metric settings determines default values for many system variables, and the default linetype and hatch pattern file used.
| File type | English | Metric |
| Hatch pattern | aclt.pat | acltiso.pat |
| Linetype | aclt.lin | acltiso.lin |
With Starting from Scratch, the system variables are set directly by AutoCAD LT rather than through drawing template files.