Standards for layers and styles are created and maintained in a standards file. One or more standards files can be associated with a drawing file.
To set a standard, you use the STANDARDS command to create a .dws file that defines the properties for layers and styles that you want to maintain.
By default, all plug-ins are used when auditing drawings for standards violations. If you want to audit drawings using just a specific plug-in, you can specify the plug-in when defining your standards file. For example, if recent changes to a drawing are limited to text changes, you may want to audit the drawing using only the layers and text styles plug-ins to save time.
Depending on how you organize your projects, you can create and associate more than one project-specific standards file with a drawing file. When you audit the drawing file, conflicts might arise between settings in the standards files. For example, one standards file specifies that the layer WALL is yellow, and another standards file specifies that it is red. In the case of conflicts, the first standards file associated with the drawing takes precedence. If necessary, you can change the order of the standards files to change the precedence.