Customizing Styles

Administrators can customize styles.

In this example, the administrator creates a new text style to be used for adding notes, using the Verdana font, and with a frame around the text (a new style is always based on an existing style). The administrator then deletes the Default style.

Note: The procedure differs when customizing standard parameters (dimensions, annotations, dress-up elements, etc.). For more information, refer to Defining Standard Parameters.

Before you begin: You must have administrator rights. Select Tools > Standards to launch the Standard Definition editor. Choose the Drafting category, and then open the ISO.xml file from the drop-down list.
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  1. Expand the Styles node in the editor.

  2. Select the Text node.

  3. Click the Create style button in the right-hand pane. The Create style dialog box is displayed.

  4. Type the name of the new style in the appropriate field.

    The Duplicated from list is used when several styles exist for a given type of element to specify which existing style the new style should be based on. In our example, only the Default style exists. Therefore, the new style will be created based on this Default style.

    Important: You cannot create styles containing characters such as < > . / : ; " ' \ | as well as spaces at the beginning and/or at the end of the style's name.

  5. Click OK. A new style called Note is added under the Text node in the editor.

  6. Expand the Note > Font node in the editor, and then select the Name node.

  7. Type Verdana in the Name field in the right-hand pane.

  8. Expand the Text node in the editor, and then select the Frame node.

  9. Select Rectangle from the Frame drop-down list in the right-hand pane.

  10. Click OK to save your modifications and exit the standards editor.

  11. Now, start creating a new text in a sheet. In the Style toolbar, you can notice that two styles are now available: Default and Note.

  12. Choose the Note style, click the sheet to indicate where you want to position the note, type your note in the text editor and then click OK.

    The note is created using the values you specified.

  13. You will now delete the Default style. To do this, launch the standards editor again.

  14. Expand the Styles node and then select the Text node

  15. Click Delete style in the right-hand pane.

    The Delete style dialog box is displayed.

  16. Select Default as the style that you want to delete, and click OK.

    The Default style is deleted from the Text node in the editor.