To Work With Profile View Styles

To create a profile view style

Create a style by adjusting the default settings, or by copying an existing style and changing its properties to suit your requirements.

You can choose which elements to display, and change the appearance of the graph, grid, title, axes ticks, and text.

1. In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, expand the Profile View Styles collection. Right-click and click New.
2. In the Profile View Style dialog box, specify the name of the style and other settings as required.
   • Information. Specify style name and description.
   • Graph. Specify profile view direction and vertical scale factor.
   • Grid. Specify grid clipping, padding, and offset options.
   • Title Annotation. Specify content and appearance of titles for the overall profile view and individual axes.
   • Horizontal Axes. Specify ticks, tick justification, tick and grid spacing, and annotation of the horizontal axes.
   • Vertical Axes. Specify ticks, tick justification, tick and grid spacing, and annotation of the vertical axes.
   • Display. Specify display attributes for profile view components, including visibility, layer, color, linetype, line weight, linetype scale, and plot style.
   • Summary. Provides a concise display of the style properties.
3. Click OK.

To copy a profile view style

1. In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, expand the Profile View Styles collection. Identify the style you want to copy as a basis for the new style.
2. Right-click the style name and click Copy.
3. In the Profile View Style dialog box, change the name of the style and other settings as required.
4. Click OK.

To edit a profile view style

Tutorial Exercise: Editing the Profile View Style

1. In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, expand the Profile View Styles collection. Identify the style you want to edit.
2. Right-click the style name and click Edit.
3. In the Profile View Style dialog box, change settings as required.
4. Click OK.
Tip: Any style changes you make apply to all existing profile views in the drawing that use the style. To change the style of some profile views but not all, consider creating a separate style.