Create, edit, or purge styles

You can use the Style and Standard Editor to create, edit, or purge styles. New or edited styles are saved in the standard style of the current document, unless you specifically select Manage tab Styles and Standards panel Save .

Note: Be careful when saving a style to the style library. The style replaces the library version and can affect all other documents that use the style. In general, the style library is maintained by the CAD administrator to preserve the style preferences your company may set up.

Create a style

You create a style by copying an existing style and modifying it to suit your requirements.

1. On the ribbon, click Manage tab Styles and Standards panel Styles Editor to open the dialog box.
2. In the style list browser, click to expand a style type, and then select a style you want to use as the basis of the new style.
3. Right-click the style, and then select New Style or click New.
   • Enter a name for the new style or accept the default "Copy of ..." name.
   • For drawing styles, select the Add to Standard check box to add the new style to the available styles list in the active standard style.
4. Click OK. The new style is listed in the style type browser.

Tip: You can click Reset to return to the default values in the new style, but do it before you click Save.

Edit a current style

You can edit a style in your current document, but it does not affect other documents.

1. On the ribbon, click Manage tab Styles and Standards panel Styles Editor to open the dialog box.
2. In the style list browser, locate the style type you want to modify, and then double-click to show it in the window.
3. Modify settings as required, and then click Save. The previous version is replaced by the modifications.

Tip: You can click Reset to discard the changes you have made to the style, but do it before you click Save.

Purge styles from the current document

If you know there are styles in your document that you do not intend to use, you can purge the unwanted styles.

You can purge styles two ways:

• Purge Styles deletes the top-level styles from the document, such as parts list style, but retains other styles that the style referenced. For example, the parts list style uses the text style as a substyle. Purge Styles only deletes the parts list style, not the text style.
• Purge Styles and Substyles deletes both the top-level style from the document, but also the referenced substyle. In the parts list example, both the parts list style and the text style are purged.

Note: You cannot purge a style that is in use in the document. For example, the dimension style uses the text style as a substyle so the text style cannot be deleted.

1. On the ribbon, click Manage tab Styles and Standards panel Purge .
2. In the Purge Styles dialog box, unused styles are listed.
3. Click column headers to sort contents as needed. In the Purge column, unused styles are automatically labeled Yes but you can click individual styles to switch to No.

   Click Yes to All or No to All to reset individual settings and mark all styles at once.

4. Select the Purge Sub-Styles check box to remove unused substyles with a parent style. Clear the check box to retain substyles when a parent style is purged.
5. Select the Purge Styles from all Child Documents check box to purge unused styles from the current document and all referenced documents. Not available for part documents.
6. Click OK to purge styles or Cancel to close the dialog box without purging.

You can use Undo to recover styles purged from the current document.