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By default, actions such as creating or modifying styles affect only the current
document. You can choose to save the style to the style library, a master library
that contains definitions for all available styles associated with a drafting
standard. Usually, the style library is managed by a CAD administrator. This
practice ensures that the style definitions, used by all documents that use the
drafting standard, are not accidentally replaced by a custom style.
Style libraries make it easy to share formatting conventions across projects
because they contain the definitions of formatting objects. Using a style library,
you can update a style for all documents, such as revising the arrow heads of
dimensions, by editing the style and saving the revision to the master style
library. All documents that use that drafting standard have access to the library
and any new or changed styles that are added to it.
TRY IT: View the Styles and Standards Editor dialog box
1 In Autodesk Inventor, click File ➤ New and select the drawing template.
2 On the Standard toolbar, click Format ➤ Styles Editor.
3 On the Styles and Standards Editor dialog box, click Standard in the Style
Type browser, and then double-click a listed standard.
4 Click the General tab to see the values controlled there, and then click
the Available Styles tab to see the list of styles. As you click through the
style type list, you may notice that most names are checked. If the check
box is cleared, that style is not available for use in the current document.
5 In the left pane of the Styles and Standards Editor, click the Dimension
style, and then double-click one of the dimension styles to display it in
the right pane. Click through the tabs to see the settings for units,
alternate units, text, tolerance, options, and notes and leaders. Click a
different dimension style to see if any of the values differ.
6 In the top-right corner of the dialog box, click the Filter list and change
the filter type. Notice how the list of available styles changes if you select
All Styles, Local Styles (for the current document), or Active Standard.
You may notice differences in the lists because the local styles may have
had some unused styles purged to make the file size smaller.
7 Click Done. Any changed values are discarded.
If you click Save to preserve changes, the changes are saved only in the
current document.
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