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Project standard files can be of the file format DWG, DWT, or DWS. If you select the DWS format for your standards
drawings, you can simultaneously use them as your AutoCAD standards drawings.
A project standards drawing is a regular drawing file. The definition of the drawing as a project standards drawing is
created when the drawing is added as a project standards drawing to the standards configuration of a project, as described
in “
Setting up Standard Styles and Display Settings ” on page 337.
Styles vs. Display Settings
You can assign multiple standards drawings for project styles. During synchronization, project drawings are compared
against the project standards drawings in the order you establish in the project standards configuration. If a style is
located in multiple standards drawings, the first instance in the search order is used as the standard.
For display settings, you can assign only a single standards drawing. It must contain all standard display settings for
the project. Note, however, that the same standards drawing can be used for both styles and display settings.
File Location of Project Standards Drawings
You can choose two different options for storing project standards drawings:
Project Folder
If the project standards drawings are located within the project, they are treated as project specific. Typically, drawings
containing project-specific standards are stored inside the project folder. For example, if you create styles for only one
building project, you would place them in a project-specific standards drawing within the project folder. Placing
standards drawings under the project folder has the following implications:
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When you use the project as a template for a new project, the project standards drawings are copied to the new
project, and repathed to their new location.
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If you copy the standards of the project to another project, the project standards drawings are copied to that project.
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If you synchronize project standards drawings with each other, only standards drawings within the project will be
included in the synchronization. For more information, see “
Synchronizing Project Standards with Each Other ”
on page 382.
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The standards drawings are included in e-transmit and archiving packages created of the project.
You would place your standards drawings within the project if you want to keep the standards drawings specific to
that project. You can copy the standards drawings to a new project, but any changes you make to one set of the standards
drawings will not be propagated to the other one.
A Folder Outside the Project
If project standards drawings are located outside the project, they are referenced from that location. You would do this
typically for standards that are not specific to a project, but rather to the department or the company. In that case,
copying the standards to individual projects would create a risk of version discrepancies being introduced in the multiple
copies. Also, a change made to a company-wide standards file would not be automatically propagated to all projects
using that standards file. Placing a standards drawing outside the project has the following implications:
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When you use the project as a template for a new project, the project standards drawings are not copied to the
new project. They are referenced from their original location.
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If you copy the standards of the project to another project, the project standards drawings are referenced from
their original location in the other project.
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If you synchronize project standards drawings with each other, standards drawings outside the project will not be
included in the synchronization. For more information, see “
Synchronizing Project Standards with Each Other ”
on page 382.
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The standards drawings outside the project folder are not included in e-transmit and archiving packages created
of the project. For more information, see “
Electronically Transmitting a Project ” on page 187.
1 Open a new drawing file.
2 Add the standard styles and display settings you need in this project.
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