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Managing Mass Element Styles
When you create, import, export, or edit styles, you access the Style Manager. The Style Manager provides a central
location in AutoCAD Architecture where you can work with styles from multiple drawings and templates. For more
information about using the Style Manager, see “
Getting Started with the Style Manager ” on page 491.
Creating a Mass Element Style
Use this procedure to create a mass element style. You can create a style using default style properties or by copying
an existing style. After you create the style, you edit the style properties to customize the characteristics of the style.
1 On the Format menu, click Style Manager.
The Style Manager is displayed with the current drawing expanded in the tree view.
2 Expand Multi-Purpose Objects, and expand Mass Element Styles.
3 Create a mass element style:
Then… If you want to…
right-click Mass Element Styles, and click New. create a style with default properties
right-click the mass element style you want to copy, and click
Copy. Right-click, and click Paste. create a style from an existing style
4 Enter a name for the new mass element style, and press
ENTER
.
5 Edit the new mass element style:
Then… If you want to…
see “ Assigning Materials to a Mass Element Style ” on page
609 .
specify materials for mass element components
see “ Specifying the Display Properties of a Mass Element
Style ” on page 610 .
specify the display properties of the style
see “ Specifying the Hatching for Components of a Mass
Element Style ” on page 610 .
specify hatching for components of the style
see “ Attaching Notes and Files to a Mass Element Style ”
on page 611 .
add notes and files to the style
6 When you finish specifying the properties of the mass element style, click OK.
Specifying the Materials of a Mass Element Style
A mass element consists of a number of components whose display properties can be determined by the materials
assigned to each component.
You assign one material to each physical component of the mass element. You assign materials to components in each
display representation where you want the materials to be used.
If you want to use the display properties of the mass element style, instead of using material display properties, you
can turn off the material assignments in the display properties of the style.
Material definitions consist of display components that correspond to component types of objects. For example, the
Linework component of a material is used for all linework in plan view. The Surface Hatch component of a material is
used to hatch all object surfaces in three-dimensional (3D) model views and in elevations.
Mass Element Materials and Display Components
The following table lists mass element components and the material components that determine them in specific views.
Material Component Mass Element Component
Plan, Plan High Detail, Plan Low Detail, Plan Presentation, Plan
Screened
Plan Linework Above Cut Plane
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