To Copy Systems Between Drawings

You can manage your systems more efficiently by storing them in a single drawing or template and then copying them into new drawings as you need them.

Note: Additional system definitions can be found in System Definitions.dwg, which is located in a subfolder of the following folder: \ProgramData\Autodesk\MEP <version>\enu\Styles.

To copy a system

  1. Click Manage tab Style & Display panel Style Manager .

    The software opens the Style Manager with the current drawing expanded in the tree view. Any drawings open in the current session are also shown in the tree view.

  2. Open the drawing into which to copy the system:
    If you want to… then in Style Manager…
    copy the system to a drawing that is not open in Style Manager click File Open Drawing, select the drawing, and click Open.
    copy the system to a new drawing click File New Drawing, enter a name for the drawing, and click Save.
  3. Expand System Definitions under the open drawings to display those systems in the drawings.
  4. Right-click the system definition to copy to another drawing, and click Copy.

    To copy all system definitions, right-click System Definitions, and click Copy.

  5. Right-click the drawing into which to copy the system definition, and click Paste.

    The system definition is copied into the selected drawing. If the drawing already contains a system with the same name, the duplicate name is displayed in the Import/Export - Duplicate Names Found dialog.

  6. Resolve duplicate system names, if prompted:
    If you want to… then…
    prevent Style Manager from overwriting the existing system definition with the new system definition of the same name select Leave Existing, and click OK.
    replace the existing system definition with the new system definition select Overwrite Existing, and click OK.
    keep the existing system definition and add the new system definition with a different name select Rename to Unique, and click OK. Style Manager appends a number to the name of the new system definition. Right-click the system definition and click Rename to change the name.

  7. You can click Apply instead of OK to save your changes and continue working in Style Manager.

    8. Tip: Because systems are style-based objects, you can also perform other actions that you perform on styles, such as emailing a system definition to other users.

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