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2 On the Format menu, click Style Manager.
3 Locate the style you want to copy, and drag it to the tool palette.
The default tool name is the name of the referenced style.
The image that identifies the new tool uses the view direction last used in the Properties palette for the
selected object type.
4 Click OK.
Renaming a Style
Use this procedure to rename a style.
1 In the Style Manager, right-click the style you want to rename, and click Rename.
2 Enter a new name for the style, and press
ENTER
.
3 Click OK.
Copying Styles Between Drawings
Use this procedure to copy styles or definitions from the current drawing to another drawing. You can copy styles and
definitions between existing drawings. You can also copy them from an existing drawing to a new drawing.
If a style references other styles, those styles are also copied to the other drawing. For example, if you copy a wall style
into a new drawing, the wall endcap style used in the wall style is also copied to the new drawing.
NOTE You can also drag and drop styles and style types between drawings.
1 On the Format menu, click Style Manager.
The Style Manager is displayed, with the current drawing expanded in the tree view. Any drawings open
in the current session are also shown in the tree view.
2 In the Style Manager, open the drawing into which you want to copy the style, if necessary:
Then… If you want to…
in the Style Manager, click File
➤
Open, select the drawing
you want, and click Open.
copy the style to a drawing that is not open in the Style
Manager
in the Style Manager, click File
➤
New drawing, enter a name
for the drawing, and click Save.
copy the style to a new drawing
3 Expand a category, and expand a style type.
4 Select the styles or definitions that you want to copy:
Then… If you want to…
right-click the style or definition, and click Copy. copy an individual style or definition
right-click the style or definition type, and click Copy. If your
styles are sorted by style type, right-click the drawing name
under the selected style or definition type, and click Copy. copy all styles or definitions of a selected type, such as all wall
styles
5 Right-click the drawing into which you want to paste the style(s), and click Paste.
The styles or definitions are pasted into the selected drawing. If the drawing already contains a style with
the same name, the duplicate name is displayed in the Import/Export - Duplicate Names Found dialog box.
6 Resolve duplicate style names, if prompted:
Then… If you want to…
select Leave Existing, and click OK. prevent the Style Manager from overwriting the existing style
with the new style of the same name
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