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Project standard files can be of the file format DWG, DWT, or DWS. If you
select the DWS format for your standards drawings, you can simultaneously
use them as your AutoCAD standards drawings.
A project standards drawing is a regular drawing file. The definition of the
drawing as a project standards drawing is created when the drawing is added
as a project standards drawing to the standards configuration of a project, as
described in Setting up Standard Styles and Display Settings on page 595.
Styles vs. Display Settings
You can assign multiple standards drawings for project styles. During
synchronization, project drawings are compared against the project standards
drawings in the order you establish in the project standards configuration. If
a style is located in multiple standards drawings, the first instance in the search
order is used as the standard.
For display settings, you can assign only a single standards drawing. It must
contain all standard display settings for the project. Note, however, that the
same standards drawing can be used for both styles and display settings.
File Location of Project Standards Drawings
You can choose two different options for storing project standards drawings:
Project Folder
If the project standards drawings are located within the project, they are treated
as project specific. Typically, drawings containing project-specific standards
are stored inside the project folder. For example, if you create styles for only
one building project, you would place them in a project-specific standards
drawing within the project folder. Placing standards drawings under the project
folder has the following implications:
â– When you use the project as a template for a new project, the project
standards drawings are copied to the new project, and repathed to their
new location.
â– If you copy the standards of the project to another project, the project
standards drawings are copied to that project.
â– If you synchronize project standards drawings with each other, only
standards drawings within the project will be included in the
synchronization. For more information, see Synchronizing Project
Standards with Each Other on page 676.
658 | Chapter 8 Project Standards
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