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You activate a display theme in a drawing by using a display theme tool to insert a display theme legend or by
right-clicking an existing legend. The legend explains the meaning of color, fills, or hatches specified in the theme.
Display themes are an effective way to present information during the conceptual design phase of a project, or when
working with construction documents. With display themes you can identify changes to a project that are not in the
contract, identify the staging of a project, and identify objects that meet or do not meet specific standards. For example,
you may choose to specify that all fire-rated walls are displayed with red fills.
The criteria for the display theme are based on the property data attached to the objects or object styles. The property
data overrides the display properties to produce the visual effects produced by inserting a display theme. For more
information about how objects display and their property data, see “
Display Configurations ” on page 455 and “ Property
Sets and Property Set Definitions ” on page 2024.
If you use the drawing as an external reference (xref) in a project, the display theme is imported into the host drawing
by default. If the host drawing already contains a display theme, then the display theme in the host drawing overrides
the display theme in the xref. A marker appears over the disabled display theme legend.
Attaching Property Set Data
Before applying a display theme to a drawing, the property sets referenced in the display theme style must be attached
to the objects or object styles in the drawing. The attached property sets are the source of the data for the display theme.
For more information, see “
Property Sets and Property Set Definitions ” on page 2024.
Using Display Theme Styles
Display theme styles control the visual change to the objects as well as the content and appearance of the display theme
legend in the drawing. A drawing must contain a display theme style to effect the visual changes or to add a display
theme legend. When you copy a display theme style into a drawing, property set definitions and data formats specified
in the style are also copied. For more information, see “
Display Theme Styles ” on page 2108.
Creating a Display Theme Legend Using Display Theme Tools
A display theme legend provides a key to the display theme, mapping specific colors, fills, or hatches to properties of
objects in a drawing. You insert a display theme legend into a drawing to activate a display theme and visually change
the appearance of objects by overriding the current display properties.
The tools provided let you quickly place display theme legends by selecting a display theme tool with a specific display
theme style and other predefined properties. When you place display theme legends using display theme tools, you
can use the default settings of the tool, or you can change settings for the display theme properties. You can also use
display theme tools to apply the settings of a display theme tool to existing display themes.
The default Scheduling palette in the Tool palette set contains three sample display theme tools that you can use and
customize as needed. Custom palettes created by your CAD manager or other users may also contain display theme
tools with display theme styles and properties that are customized for your projects or office standards.
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