To Configure Elements of the Drafting Standard (AutoCAD Mechanical Toolset)

The AM:Standards tab of the Options dialog box contains a list of features that are controlled by the drafting standard, which are referred to as elements of the standard. Examples of such elements are drawing sheet formats, dimension styles, symbol formats, and so on. You can override the default settings of an element as follows:

  1. At the Command prompt, enter AMOPTIONS.
  2. In the Options dialog box, select the AM:Standards tab.
  3. In the Standard Elements list, double-click the entry you want to change. The corresponding settings dialog box appears.
  4. Make the necessary overrides and click OK until all dialog boxes close.
Note: Overrides are applied only to the objects created under the current drafting standard. For example, if you created a note while the standard was set to ISO, and then switched the standard to DIN, and you then override the text color settings for notes, only the notes created after you switched to DIN are affected. The note you created under ISO does not change color.