Style and Standard Editor - Datum Target Style Reference

Sets the formatting attributes for datum target symbols.

The datum target style is a substyle of the standard, but its format may be defined independently of the active standard style.

Access

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

If you prefer, right-click a datum target, and then select Edit Datum Target Style.

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.

General tab

Substyles are used to define aspects of other styles. The Datum Target style requires leader and text styles as substyles to define the leader formatting and text font.

Some substyles can be edited while defining the parent style. Click the pencil to edit the selected style. When you save the style, the changes are in effect wherever the style is used.

Leader style

Lists all available leader styles in the active standard.

Text style

Lists available text styles in the active standard.

Symbol Size specifies the symbol size in the text height specified in the Leader style.

Scale to text height

Sizes the bounding shape of the datum target (square, circle, or underline) as the defined text height.

Size

Unavailable if the Scale to Text Height check box is selected. Clear the check box to specify the bounding shape in linear units, independent of text height.

Target Point sets the attributes of datum target points.

Size

Sets the size of the target points. Enter the desired size in the box.

Color

Specifies the color of the target points. Click the color button to display the Color dialog box, and then choose the color.

Area Hatch sets the characteristics of the datum target hatch pattern.

Distance

Sets the spacing between hatch lines. Enter the distance in the box.

Angle

Sets the angle of the hatch for rectangular and circular datum target symbols. Enter the angle in the box.

Line Type sets the line types used by the datum target symbol.

When the line type is set to By Standard, the line type is controlled by the layer on which the Datum Target resides.

Hidden Leader

Sets the line style for hidden leader lines. Click the arrow, and then select a line type from the list.

Boundary

Sets the line style for boundary lines. Click the arrow, and then select a line type from the list.

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

Units tab

For more information about units, see Units reference.