Section View Style Manager (AutoCAD Mechanical Toolset)

Sets the current section view style and creates, modifies, and deletes section view styles.

Summary

Section view styles control the appearance of section lines and section view labels. They also control hatching of model documentation section views.

List of Options

The following options are displayed.

Current section view style

Displays the name of the section view style that is applied to section lines and section views you create.

Styles

Displays a list of section view styles available in the current drawing file. The current style is highlighted.

AutoCAD section view styles are indicated by the icon. AutoCAD Mechanical toolset section view styles are indicated by the icon.

List

Filters the contents of the Styles list. Click All Styles to display all section view styles available in the drawing file. Click Styles in use to display only the section view styles that are referenced by section views in the current drawing. Click Styles in current standard to display only AutoCAD section view styles and AutoCAD Mechanical toolset section view styles that are revisions of the current drafting standard.

Preview of

Displays a sample image depicting the effects of the style that is selected in the Styles list.

Set Current

Sets the section view style selected in the Styles list as the current style. All new section lines and section views are created using this section view style.

New

Displays the Create New Section View Style dialog box, in which you can define new section view styles.

Attention: New section view styles are created as AutoCAD section view styles. As such, they are independent of the current drafting standard and do not inherit the master settings of the drafting standard.

Modify

Displays the Modify Section View Style dialog box, in which you can modify section view styles.

Note: You cannot rename any AutoCAD Mechanical toolset section view styles or the section view styles Imperial24 and Metric50.

Delete

Deletes the section view style selected in the Styles list. This button is not available if the style selected in the Styles list is in use.

Note: You cannot delete the section view styles Imperial24 and Metric50.