Style and Standard Editor - Object Defaults Style Reference

Sets the default object settings that control which styles are associated to an object, including a default layer attribute and a default object style (where applicable).

All drawing objects are formatted by a standard and its associative styles.

The Object Defaults style is a substyle of the active standard style. In a drawing document, after a standard is selected, the active Object Default style specifies which layer and object style provides the format definition for a particular object.

Unlike other style types, only one Object Default style is available for each standard. When you select a standard, you set the active Object Default style.

Note: Some objects do not have associative object styles, such as visible and hidden edges.

Access

Ribbon: Manage tab Styles and Standards panel Styles Editor . In the Style and Standard Editor dialog box, click Object Defaults. Click one of the listed styles to view or edit.

For the current document, you can click:

• Back to return to the previously edited style. You are prompted to save the previous edits.
• New to create new styles. Select the Add to Standard check box to add to the available styles list in the active standard style.
• Save to save changes to an existing style in the current document.
• Reset to return style values to the saved values.
• Filter to show Local Styles, Styles in the Active Standard, or All Styles in the browser.
• Import to use the Import Style Definition dialog box to import a style exported from another document.

On the Manage tab, Styles and Standards panel, you can also use these commands:

• Click Update to refresh the style list in the browser pane to include new or changed styles in the library.
• Click Save to save changed styles to the style library, which replaces the style library version with the new values.
• Click Purge to delete unused styles from the document.

The Object Defaults Styles window shows the styles to edit for the active standard, filters the listed objects, and contains comments.

Note: Click the top of each column to change the sort order of the items.

Filter

Lists filter definitions. Default setting is All Objects, but the list may be restricted to only Dimension Objects, Leader Object, Model/View Objects, or Text Objects.

Comments

Enter a comment about the definition of a particular style, such as date created, created by, or derived from a particular standard.

Style Type Column

Shows the icon of the Object Style type. If the object has no associated object style, the cell is blank. Display only.

Object Type

Alphabetical list of objects available in a drawing document. Display only.

See Objects and associated style types.

Object Style

Sets the default object style defined by the active standard. Select an item in the list and click the arrow to show available styles, and then click to select.

See Filter type categories.

For example, the Angle Dimension object type may show the Default (ANSI) Dimension style. The style list also includes all dimension styles defined in the active Standard style. You can select an alternate dimension style as the default for the Angle Dimension object.

Layer

Shows the layer style for each object in the Object Defaults list. The list includes all layers defined in the active Standard.