Let's return to the Tube & Pipe Styles dialog box to examine a few more options.
- On the ribbon, click
Tube and Pipe tab
Run panel
Tube and Pipe Styles
. - In the styles browser, select a style other than the active style (Medium Copper Tubing). Right-click and take note of the various menu options. The commands at the top of the dialog box are also available on the context menu. Notice that you can select Active to make that style the active style.
- Select Medium Copper Tubing and click
to create a copy of the style. (You could then select this copied style, click Edit, and edit the style as needed.) - Select the copy you just created (Medium Copper Tubing_Copy(1)) and click
to export the style. - In the Export Tube & Pipe Style Data File dialog box, enter Style_Copy in the File Name field, and then click Save. Take note of where you save the style. You need it to complete this tutorial.
- An alert dialog box displays stating that the style exported successfully. Click OK.
Note: In the operations above, you can use Ctrl-click or Shift-click to select multiple styles. With the Export command, the styles are exported to a single XML file.