You can convert a set of device styles to their individual components: the style settings and the AutoCAD® blocks used by the style views. The output of the conversion process includes:
Typically, you use this process when you have a set of existing device styles that you want to customize. You convert the device styles to their individual components, customize the components (the blocks and the style settings in the script), and then use the modified script to convert the modified blocks to new device styles.
To convert a set of device styles to their individual blocks
If you want to… | then… |
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convert the device styles in the current drawing open in AutoCAD MEP 2022 toolset | click Current Drawing. |
convert the device styles in a drawing stored locally on your computer | click the radio button beside the file path, click Browse, select the drawing file, and click Open. |
If the selected folder already contains drawings, then during the conversion process, you will be prompted about overwriting drawings with the same name.
If you want to… | then… |
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create a new script | in the Select File dialog box, specify the location for the new script, enter a name, and click Save. |
overwrite the contents of an existing script | in the Select File dialog box, select the drawing, click Save, and then click Yes to confirm that the contents of the drawing can be overwritten. |
The software converts the device styles into the blocks used by the style views and generates an associated script based on the style definitions.
You can now modify the blocks and the script, and then use them to create new device styles based on your modifications.