To Copy Display Settings Between Drawings

Use this procedure to copy display configurations, display sets, and display representations from the current drawing to another drawing. You can copy display settings between existing drawings. You can also copy them from an existing drawing to a new drawing.

Note: You can also drag and drop display configurations, display sets, and display representations between drawings.
  1. Click Manage tabStyle & Display panelDisplay Manager.
  2. In the Display Manager, open the drawing into which you want to copy the display representation, display set, or display configuration, if necessary:
    If you want to… Then…
    copy the display configuration, display set, or display representation to a drawing that is not open in the Display Manager in the Display Manager, click File Open, select the drawing you want, and click Open.
    copy the display configuration, display set, or display representation to a new drawing in the Display Manager, click File New drawing, enter a name for the drawing, and click Save.
  3. Expand the Configurations, Sets, or Representations by Object folder.
  4. Select the display configurations, display sets, or display representations that you want to copy:
    If you want to… Then…
    copy an individual display configuration, display set, or display representation right-click the display configuration, display set, or display representation, and click Copy.
    copy all display configurations, display sets, or display representations right-click the Configurations, Sets, or Display Representations folder, and click Copy.
  5. In Display Manager, right-click the drawing into which you want to paste the display settings, and click Paste.

    The display configurations, display sets, or display representations are pasted into the selected drawing. If the drawing already contains a setting with the same name, the duplicate name is displayed in the Import/Export - Duplicate Names Found dialog box.

  6. Resolve duplicate names, if prompted:
    If you want to… Then…
    prevent the Display Manager from overwriting the existing display configuration, display set, or display representation with the new item of the same name select Leave Existing, and click OK.
    replace the existing display configuration, display set, or display representation with the new item select Overwrite Existing, and click OK.
    keep the existing display configuration, display set, or display representation and add the new item with a different name select Rename to Unique, and click OK. The Display Manager appends a number to the name of the new setting. Right-click a setting, and click Rename to change the name.
  7. Click OK.