To Create a Style From the Style Manager

If you want to create a new style or definition for a particular type of object, you can start with the default style properties for that object type, or you can copy an existing style that has most of the properties you want. In either case you then edit the style properties as needed to specify the desired object characteristics.

  1. Click Manage tabStyle & Display panelStyle Manager.

    The Style Manager displays with all open drawings listed in the tree view and the current drawing expanded.

  2. Expand the object category (Architectural, Documentation, or Multi-Purpose) and object type for which you want to create a style.
  3. Choose a method:
    If you want to… Then…
    create a style with default properties right-click the style type, and click New.
    create a style from an existing style expand the style type, right-click the style you want to copy, and click Copy. Right-click, and click Paste.
  4. On the General tab, enter a name and description for the new style.
  5. Click other tabs as needed to view and edit the properties.
  6. When you finish specifying the properties of the style, click OK.

    The new style will be listed if you open the Style Manager again while the drawing remains open, but it is not saved until you save the drawing.

  7. After you have created a style, you can drag it from the Style Manager onto a tool palette to create a tool.