Most style-based content should be kept in a centrally located library drawing, accessible to all users. In most cases, the styles contained in this file can be imported by selecting a tool on a palette. If you anticipate a large quantity of custom styles, you may wish to break your library drawings up by type to keep them more manageable.
General Guidelines for Style Library Drawings:
- Start with a valid template drawing that includes all of your display configurations and correct units. This will allow you to edit or review styles in the library in the context in which they will be used.
- If you are storing your style library on a mapped drive make sure that the drive is mapped identically on every user’s computer. AutoCAD Architecture 2022 toolset supports UNC (Universal Naming Convention) pathing. If you are confident that your server names will not be changing you may want to consider using this method of pathing to your style libraries to avoid drive mapping problems.
- If you need to restrict users’ ability to make changes to the style library, you can store it in a read-only folder. They will still be able to use the styles that it contains without any problems.