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Using Styles

You can define your own styles, and apply them to actors.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
Styles Workshop
Styles Tab

Define a Style

You can define your onw styles in the Styles workshop.

  1. Click Workshops > Properties > Styles .
  2. In the viewport, select an actor with the properties for which you are defining a style.
  3. In the Styles workshop, click New , type a name, and then click OK.
  4. Click Show Style and Selection Properties .
  5. Select one or more properties to define in this style and specify property values.

    The available properties depend on the selected actor.

  6. For the Family property, select the actor family to which this style applies, or Generic when applicable to all families.
  7. To make the style the default for the specified family, click Set as Default .

Apply a Style

Once you have defined a style, you can apply it to actors.

  1. On the Styles tab, select Auto Subscribe when you want to subscribe actors to the style, or clear Auto Subscribe when you want to apply styles without subscribing.
  2. Select one or more actors in the viewport.

    The Styles tab shows only styles applicable to the selected actors.

  3. Click the style to apply.

    The style is applied to the selected actors. If Auto Subscribe is selected, the actors update automatically when the style changes.



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