About Workflow for Creating Style-Based Content

You create style-based content using the following high-level process:

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Create or open the content library (DWG file) to contain the new style-based content.

 

See Creating a Style-Based Content Library.

Create at least one AutoCAD block to assign to a style view.

 

You perform this step if you are creating a schematic symbol, device, panel, or plumbing fitting, in the library drawing, create at least one AutoCAD block to assign to a style view. For more information, see Creating the Blocks for a Style.

Create and configure a new style using Style Manager.

 

As part of this step, you assign the blocks to different views of the style. For more information, see Creating a Style.

Note: The software includes several tools that facilitate the process of creating schematic symbol styles and device styles. These tools are especially useful for creating a large number of styles at once. For more information, see Customizing Device Content and Customizing Schematic Symbol Content.

Add the new style-based content to one or more categories, as appropriate.

 

See Categorizing Style-Based Content.

Save and close the library drawing.