Using Properties Set as Default in Pre-R11 Drawings

This functionality is not available with drawings created with version V5 R11 and later, nor with drawings created with older versions and whose standard has been updated or changed in V5 R11 and later. These drawings use the styles which are defined in the standard used by the drawing. Standards are managed by the administrator.

2. Select Properties in the contextual menu (right-click). In font tab, select the bold italic style and in text tab increase the line spacing to 5 mm.

Click ok. 
The text looks like this

3. Select the Set as default option from the contextual menu.

The values you set are stored.

Click in the drawing to finish the creation.

6. Create a new text.

The line spacing is equal to 0 mm and the font is regular. 

Original Properties (that is to say the settings defined in the Text Properties toolbar) are taken into account.

8. Create a new text.

In this example you have modified the font in the Text Properties  toolbar, the new text will be created with default settings (see step 2.) apart from the font.

User Default Properties (that is to say the settings set as default, apart from those defined in the Text Properties toolbar) are taken into account.

10. Create a new text.

Only User Default Properties (that is to say only the settings set as default) are taken into account.

• If you selected the Lock "Only User Default" style in Tools > Options > Mechanical Design > Drafting > Administration tab, then using Only User Default Properties is compulsory (the Style drop-down list is set to Only User Defaults and is deactivated so that Original Defaults or User Defaults Properties cannot be selected). In this case, when creating new elements, all properties toolbars are deactivated to indicate that toolbar values will not be taken into account. If you select an element after its creation, the toolbars are activated to let you change its properties. If you don't want the properties toolbars to be deactivated when creating new elements, simply uncheck the Lock "Only User Default" style option.

• When creating elements, the values of properties toolbars are taken into account only when the Original Properties or the User Default Properties style is selected. In this case, you can reset the Font Name, Font Size, Tolerance Format and Numerical Display Format toolbar properties to the values which are defined in the standard of the drawing. To do this:
  
  1- Make sure that Original Properties or User Default Properties is activated in the Style toolbar.
  2- Make sure that no element is currently selected.
  3- Right-click the Style toolbar and scroll down the contextual menu if necessary.
  4- Select Reset with standard properties.
  The current values of the Font Name, Font Size, Tolerance Format and Numerical Display Format toolbar properties are immediately reset to the values which are defined in the standard of the drawing.
  
  Note that if Only User Default Properties is activated in the Style toolbar, or if an element is selected, you will not be able to use the Reset with standard properties command.