Switching a Drawing to Another Standard

Each drawing contains a copy of the standard it uses, and retains this version until you explicitly switch the drawing to another standard or update this copy.
In this task, you will learn how to switch a drawing to another standard when several standards have been defined by an administrator.
Open any existing CATDrawing file.

  1. Select File > Page Setup. The Page Setup dialog box opens, displaying the standard currently used by the drawing.

  2. From the Standard drop-down list, choose another standard. 
     

    A message informs you that this action cannot be undone.

  3. Click OK to validate and close the dialog box.

  • The parameters of the chosen standard are copied into the drawing and replace the previous parameters. This may have an immediate impact on the appearance of the elements inside the drawing.

  • Note that styles are not affected by this change, i.e. styles in this standard file that are different from the previous standard file will not be re-applied to existing elements. Indeed, styles are applied when creating elements (as they define the default values to be used for creation). If needed, style parameters can be re-applied to an element using the Style toolbar: simply select the element whose style you want to update and select the updated style in the Style toolbar.

  • Note that sheet styles are re-applied to existing sheets when you are switching to another standard.

  • If you modify styles in the standard itself and then update the standard file used by the drawing, the elements which have already been created will NOT be modified (i.e. their default values will remain as previously). Updating the standard will only have an impact on the next elements to be created.