To Associate or Lock an Active Element Template before Placing an Element
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In the Attributes ribbon group, click the
Element Template drop-down.
A list of available templates is displayed.
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Click the name of the template in the drop-down list.
The selected template becomes active and the active element attribute settings in the Attributes group change to the properties defined in the selected template.
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Click the
Element Template Association icon so that it
is highlighted with a depressed background.
The template is locked.
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Place the element.
The placed element is associated with (or "locked") to the template.