To Create a Structural Member Style in the Style Manager

Use this procedure to create a structural member style in the Style Manager. You can create a style using default style properties, by copying an existing style. After you create the style, you edit the style properties to customize the characteristics of the style.

  1. Click Manage tabStyle & Display panelStyle Manager.
  2. Expand Architectural Objects, and expand Structural Member Styles.
  3. Create a structural member style:
    If you want to… Then…
    create a style with default properties right-click Structural Member Styles, and click New.
    create a style from an existing style right-click the structural member style you want to copy, and click Copy. Right-click, and click Paste.
  4. Enter a name for the new structural member style, and press Enter.
  5. Edit the new structural member style.
  6. Click OK.
  7. If you want to assign the style to a structural member tool, drag the style from the Style Manager to a tool palette.

    You can later rename the tool and specify other properties for it.

  8. Click OK.