Detailing Symbol Styles Dialog

Used to create and modify detailing symbol styles.

You can access this dialog from the following:

Ribbon: Drawing > Annotate > Detailing dialog launcher

Key-in: DIALOG DETAILINGSYMBOLSTYLE < OPEN | CLOSE >

Default detailing symbol styles delivered in DrawingSeed.dgnlib

Setting Description

New

Creates a new "New Detail Symbol" detailing symbol style in the Styles list.

Save

Saves the selected detailing symbol style, and all its settings, in the DGN file. When you modify an existing style, the changes are displayed in blue until you save the new settings. Once you click Save, all detailing symbols placed in that style update.

Copy

Creates a copy of the selected detailing symbol style in the Styles list.

Show Differences

Opens the Style Differences dialog, which is used to compare the properties of two detailing symbol styles. The icon is enabled only if exactly two styles are selected.

Update from Library

Updates the selected detailing symbol styles in the DGN file that are based on library detailing symbol styles to reflect changes in the DGN library. (If a detailing symbol style in a DGN library changes, detailing symbol styles placed in DGN files prior to the change are not automatically updated.)

DGNLIB UPDATE DETAILINGSYMBOLSTYLES

Delete

Deletes the selected detailing symbol styles. Detailing symbol styles used by a callout cannot be deleted.

Activate

Activates the selected style.

Styles

Displays local and library styles. If you create a new style in the library file, it is added in the active file as a library style.

Style changes and updates operate on the selected styles. To select multiple styles, use the <Ctrl> and <Shift> keys.

Highlighting/symbol	Meaning
Style (none)	If Style (none) is selected, the current style settings are used when placing a detailing symbol.
tooltip	Move the pointer over a detailing symbol style name to see whether the detailing symbol style library or a local style. The tooltip also indicates if the style has been modified, and lists the path for detailing symbol style library files.
bold text	Detailing symbol styles displayed with a bold font are local detailing symbol styles.
blue text	Detailing symbol styles displayed in blue have been modified from the last saved version.
	An unfilled book icon identifies a detailing symbol library style.
	A filled book icon identifies a local detailing symbol style.
	A book with a check mark icon identifies each local detailing symbol style that matches the detailing symbol library style.
	A book with a delta symbol icon identifies each local detailing symbol style that is different from the detailing symbol library style.

If you right-click a Style, you will get following options:

Menu Item	Usage
Activate	Activates the selected style.
Add	Adds properties to the style.
New	Creates a new style.
Copy	Creates a copy of the selected style.
Delete	Removes the style from the list.
Rename	Lets you enter a new name for the style.
Save	Saves the style.

Drawing Boundary properties

Sets the level and other properties of a drawing boundary for placement with the Place Drawing Boundary tool. For each of the following components of a drawing boundary, you can specify a cell, color, line style, and line weight:

Title
Main Terminator

The following properties of the drawing line also called as Underline can be set:

Underline Type — By Text, By Drawing, Fixed Length, No Line
Bubble Side — Left or Right
Underline Length
Underline Margin

Some other properties that you can set:

Annotation Display - Show or hide the annotation, which includes the bubble, fields, and the drawing line.
Boundary Display - Show or hide the boundary.

Title Text properties Sets the level, cell, color, line style, and line weight of title text for placement with the Place Title Text tool.

Detail Callout properties

Sets the level and other properties of a detail callout for placement with the Place Detail Callout tool. For each of the following components of a detail callout, except where noted, you can specify a cell, color, line style, and line weight:

Detail Area — Cell property is not applicable.
Main Terminator
Leader — Cell property is not applicable.

Section Callout properties

Sets the level and other properties of a section callout for placement with the Place Section Callout tool. For each of the following components of a section callout, except where noted, you can specify a cell, color, line style, and line weight:

Tail Terminator
Tail Wing
Main Terminator
Main Wing
Leader — Cell property is not applicable.

Elevation Callout properties

Sets the level and other properties of an elevation callout for placement with the Place Elevation Callout tool. For each of the following components of an elevation callout, you can specify a cell, color, line style, and line weight:

Main Wing
Main Terminator

Interior Elevation Callout properties

Sets the level and other properties of an interior elevation callout for placement with the Place Elevation Callout tool. For each of the following components of an interior elevation callout, you can specify a cell, color, line style, and line weight:

Main Wing
Main Terminator

Plan Callout properties

Sets the level and other properties of a plan callout for placement with the Place Plan Callout tool. For each of the following components of a plan callout, except where noted, you can specify a cell, color, line style, and line weight:

Tail Terminator
Tail Wing
Main Terminator
Main Wing
Leader — Cell property is not applicable.

File > Import > From XML File...

Used to import data from an XML file to create templates, detailing symbol styles, custom toolboxes, custom tools, tasks, and custom menus. Data can be imported from multiple files. Opens the Import XML Data from File dialog.

CUSTOMIZE IMPORT XML [


path\XML_filename

]

File > Export > XML...

Used to export template, detailing symbol style, custom toolbox, custom tool, task, and custom menu data from a DGN library to an XML file. Opens the Export XML Data dialog.

CUSTOMIZE EXPORT XML [


path\XML_filename

]

Utilities > Generate HTML Report

Used to generate an HTML report on all the template, detailing symbol style, custom toolbox, custom tool, task, and custom menu data in the open DGN file. Opens the Generate HTML Report dialog.

CUSTOMIZE GENERATEHTMLREPORT

Utilities > Element Templates Opens the Element Templates dialog.

Utilities > Named Expressions Opens the Named Expressions dialog.