Drawing Style Manager User Interface

The Drawing Style Manager user interface reflects the structure of a drawing style.

- Tree panel

- Component panel

- Toolbar

- Properties panel

The Tree Panel

By clicking sign, the tree branch expands. The drawing styles in the tree are separated into two main categories:

• Advance - This category includes all the drawing styles available in Advance Steel. Their properties cannot be modified. If additional country settings are installed, a category will be created for each country setting.
• User - This category includes a copy of all the drawing styles from the Advance category that can be modified at any level.

The drawing styles are grouped in categories.

A category is selected using the drop-down list above the tree panel. The tree panel displays all the drawing styles in the selected category.

To view the entire tree, select the Show full tree option from the Options menu.

Note: Modifying a sub-style modifies all drawing styles that use that sub-style. The Drawing Style Manager can be set up to display a warning when a shared item (labeling strategy, dimension request, etc.) is modified.

Component Panel

The component panel displays the most important sub-styles.

Component	Description
Drawing styles	Style definitions, including the label and dimensions
Model objects	The list of model objects and functions
Labeling strategies	Definition of the label content, orientation and positioning for the text.
Dimension requests	Definition of the object dimension points in a dimension chain.

The Toolbar

The toolbar contains all the necessary management functions:

Button	Function
	Change the drawing style name and category.
	Use the selected drawing style.
	New
	Copy
	Deep copy
	Delete
	Export
	Import
	Compact
	Drawing Style Manager wizard
	Context help

A contextual menu provides quick access to the management functions available for the selected element (drawing style, view, model object, etc.).

Three arrow buttons are used to navigate between the properties sheet.

Button	Function
	Return to a previously displayed sheet
	Go to the next sheet
	Up one level

Properties Panel

When an item is selected on the tree panel, the item's properties are displayed in the properties panel.

To modify the column width, drag the boundary on the right side of the column until the column is of the desired width.

Buttons

Button	Function
Use	Opens the selected drawing style. The Drawing Style Manager closes and the drawing creation begins.
Apply	Saves any modifications without closing the Drawing Style Manager window.
OK	Saves any modifications and exits the Drawing Style Manager.
Cancel	Exits the Drawing Style Manager without saving any modifications.