Use this procedure to copy styles or definitions from the current drawing to another drawing. You can copy styles and definitions between existing drawings. You can also copy them from an existing drawing to a new drawing.
If a style references other styles, those styles are also copied to the other drawing. For example, if you copy a wall style into a new drawing, the wall endcap style used in the wall style is also copied to the new drawing.
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The Style Manager displays with all open drawings listed in the tree view and the current drawing expanded.
- If the drawing to which you want to copy the style is not listed, open it or create a new drawing:
If you want to… Then… copy the style to a drawing that is not open in the Style Manager in the Style Manager, click File Open Drawing, select the drawing you want, and click Open. copy the style to a new drawing in the Style Manager, click File New drawing, enter a name for the drawing, and click Save. - Expand a category, and expand a style type.
- Select the styles or definitions that you want to copy:
If you want to… Then… copy an individual style or definition right-click the style or definition, and click Copy. copy all styles or definitions of a selected type, such as all wall styles right-click the style or definition type, and click Copy. If your styles are sorted by style type, right-click the drawing name under the selected style or definition type, and click Copy. - Right-click the drawing into which you want to copy the style(s), and click Paste.
The styles or definitions are pasted into the selected drawing. If the drawing already contains a style with the same name, the duplicate name is displayed in the Import/Export - Duplicate Names Found dialog box.
- Resolve duplicate style names, if prompted:
If you want to… Then… prevent the Style Manager from overwriting the existing style with the new style of the same name select Leave Existing, and click OK. replace the existing style with the new style select Overwrite Existing, and click OK. keep the existing style and add the new style with a different name select Rename to Unique, and click OK. The Style Manager appends a number to the name of the new style. Right-click a style, and click Rename to change a style name. - Click OK.