User Manual - Page 2659

For AUTOCAD 2011.

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Managing Structural Member Styles
To create, edit, copy, or purge structural member 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 Style
Manager Overview on page 856.
Creating a Structural Member Style in the Style Manager
Use this procedure to create a structural member style in the Style Manager.
You can create a style using default style properties, by copying an existing
style. After you create the style, you edit the style properties to customize the
characteristics of the style.
1 Click Manage tab ➤ Style & Display panel ➤ Style Manager .
2 Expand Architectural Objects, and expand Structural Member
Styles.
3 Create a structural member style:
Then…If you want to…
right-click Structural Member Styles,
and click New.
create a style with default properties
right-click the structural member
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 structural member style, and press ENTER.
5 Edit the new structural member style:
Then…If you want to…
click the General tab, and enter a
description.
enter a description of the style
click the Design Rules tab, and se-
lect or clear Trim Members Automat-
specify whether a member with this
style will automatically trim to exist-
ically. This option is selected by de-ing members when added to a
fault for new styles. The setting candrawing and whether its trim planes
be overridden in the tool or object
properties.
will be adjusted automatically if it
is grip edited directly, or if its end-
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