Import or Export a Drawing Style

Import a drawing style

Learn the steps of exporting or importing a drawing style.

1. Select a category in which to import the drawing style. Click (Import).
2. Click .
3. From the Import dialog box, select the .mdf file with the drawing style to import. The available drawing styles are listed in the Available Drawing Styles table.
4. Select a drawing style and click Import.
5. The Import Drawing Styles dialog appears. Change the name of the drawing style and the category (as necessary) and click Next to import the drawing style.

Export a drawing style

1. Select a drawing style to export.
2. Click (Export).
3. In the Export dialog box, enter the name of the export database file.
4. Click Export.

The drawing style is exported as an .mdf file.

Compact the database

The database size may increase after deep copying a drawing style. The Compact database function is used to decrease the size of the database.

The Compact database function searches for equal records inside all detail tables of the selected database (except control tables such as DetRole, etc). It combines the records and updates all records that have a relationship with the current combined object.

1. Click (Compact).
2. The Compact the database dialog appears. Select what to compact (drawing styles and/or drawing processes) and the compacting method.
3. Click OK to start the compacting process.