Create or modify a drawing view style

Use the options in the Drawing View Style dialog box to create or modify a drawing view style. A drawing view style defines the default content and appearance of the source drawing view caption and the view annotation caption.

  1. Choose View tab→Style group→Styles .

  2. In the Style dialog box, set the Style Type to Drawing View.

  3. Do one of the following:

    • (To define a new drawing view style) Click New.

    • (To modify an existing drawing view style) From the Styles list, select the style to modify and then click Modify.

  4. (For a new drawing view style) In the New Drawing View Style dialog box, on the Name page, do the following:

    • In the Name box, type a name for the new drawing view style.

      Example:

      To create a style for detail views and detail envelopes, type Detail.

    • From the Based On list, select a style to use as a template for the new drawing view style.

  5. On the Caption tab (Drawing View Style dialog box), define the default drawing view caption text and caption location for the selected drawing view type.

    To learn how, see the Help topic, Define drawing view captions using property text.

  6. On the Caption Format tab (Drawing View Style dialog box), specify the appearance of the caption and its placement location with respect to the drawing view.

  7. On the Lines tab (Drawing View Style dialog box), choose the line styles that will be used to display the cutting plane lines in view annotations.

  8. In the Drawing View Style dialog box, click OK.

  9. In the Style dialog box, click Close.

Tip:

You can create and name a unique drawing view style for each type of drawing view you place. To apply a style you have created, select the style name from the Drawing View style list on the command bar, or from the Drawing View style list on the Caption tab (Drawing View Properties dialog box).

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