Importing dimension styles.

[Memnon]

Hey guys!

 

I did a seach about this and came up empty. F1 wasn 't much help either.

 

Question: Is there a way to import dimension styles from one drawing to another?

 

Basically I'm attempting to draw a series of detail drawings of a gizmo, followed up by an assembly drawing. I have my dimstyle set up in one drawing, now I'd like to use the same dimstyle in the rest of the drawings without having to go through each tab in each Dimstyle Manager in each drawing. Does that make sense?.

[rob150588]

Hey guys!

 

I did a seach about this and came up empty. F1 wasn 't much help either.

 

Question: Is there a way to import dimension styles from one drawing to another?

 

Basically I'm attempting to draw a series of detail drawings of a gizmo, followed up by an assembly drawing. I have my dimstyle set up in one drawing, now I'd like to use the same dimstyle in the rest of the drawings without having to go through each tab in each Dimstyle Manager in each drawing. Does that make sense?.

 

The best way I can think of doing it is to create your dimension styles on an otherwise blank drawing. Save it. And then import that drawing as a block reference into your current drawing.

 

That will bring in the dimstyles. This also works for layers, linetypes, etc too.

 

Hope that helps.

 

Rob.

[A1DWG]

Just answered this the other day, see the http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=32806.

 

Hopefully that will be a suitable answer

[pattyandme]

would migrate custome settings work from windows start menu autodesk (2008) export the settings then import them to your new drawing or set up a custom workspace?

[rob150588]

would migrate custome settings work from windows start menu autodesk (2008) export the settings then import them to your new drawing or set up a custom workspace?

Migrate is used from one version of CAD to a newer version for things like templates, hatch patterns and menu files.

 

If the dimstyles were in a template then they would migrate to a newer version. But if it's just from one drawing to another either use a template to start with; or bring the dimstyles in with a block on an existing drawing.

[f700es]

I would use Design Center. Open both drawings and drag-and-drop dim styles from one drawing to another. Nothing easier

[alanjt]

i keep a block that has all of my dimension, qleader, mleader styles. in my acaddoc.lsp file, i have it insert and purge that block everytime on startup. this way, i always have the dimensions i want.

 

 
(command "_.insert" "BLOCKNAME=" nil)
(command "_.purge" "_b" "BLOCKNAME" "_n")

 

that will insert the block (make sure it's location is path in support paths in options), cancel the actual placement, then purge the block out. the dimension styles will be in drawing now. the reason for the "=" is to overwrite the block, just incase it exists in the drawing already (never know).

 

we still use a template, but if you purge, or you open an older drawing, you are forced to insert the template into the drawing. with c3d (styles), that can be a bit of a hog.

 

i also do this for my pagesetups (separate file), i just run a delete all pagestups routine, then "psetupin" in my pagestups.