To Work With Grading Styles

To create a grading style

1. In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, right-click Grading StylesNew.
2. In the Grading Style dialog box, click the Information tab and enter a name and optional description for the grading style.
3. To define the size of the center marker for a grading, click the Center Marker tab.
4. To define the slope pattern for a grading, click the Slope Pattern tab.
5. To define the display properties for the grading style, click the Display tab and select the display properties.
6. To view summary information about the style, click the Summary tab.
7. Click OK to save the new style.

To create a slope pattern style

1. In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, expand Multipurpose StylesSlope Pattern Styles.
2. Select Standard or another existing style that is similar to what you want. Right-click and click Copy. The Slope Pattern Style dialog box is displayed.
3. On the Information tab, enter a name and optional description for the new style.
4. On the Layout tab, edit parameter values for each component of the slope pattern and add or delete components as required.
5. Click OK to save the new style.

To edit, copy, or delete a grading style

1. In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, expand the Grading collection. Expand the Grading Styles collection.
2. Right-click a grading style. Click Edit, Copy, or Delete.

   If you are copying a style, use the Information tab in the Grading Style dialog box to change the name of the style before saving the style. The style appears in the Grading Styles collection with the new name.

   You cannot delete a style that is currently applied to an object. First assign another style to the object and then delete the style.

To specify the current grading style

1. Click Home tabCreate Design panelGrading drop-downGrading Creation Tools Find.
2. In the Grading Creation Tools, click to view the current criteria and the style.
3. Select the grading style that you want to apply from the list of all the styles defined in the drawing. When grading to a surface or elevation, there can be two style types, one for cut slopes and one for fill slopes.
4. Create the grading.

   The grading style is applied to the grading and to any grading you create until you change the style by making another selection from the Grading Creation Tools.

Note: If you want the Grading Creation Tools dialog box to continually retain the style you last entered, in Toolspace, on the Settings tab, right-click Grading, select Edit Feature Settings, and specify Yes for the General setting Save Command Changes To Settings.