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Use a Visual Style to Display Your Model
Concept Procedure Quick Reference
 
 
 

To use a visual style from a different drawing

  1. Open the drawing that has the visual style that you want to use.
  2. Click Tools menu Palettes Visual Styles.
  3. Click Tools menu Palettes Tool Palettes.At the Command prompt, enter ToolPalettesClose.
  4. In the Tool Palettes window, click the Visual Styles tab.
  5. In the Visual Styles Manager, select the sample image of the visual style.
  6. Below the images, click the Export the Selected Visual Style to the Tool Palette button.
  7. Open the drawing where you want to use the visual style.
  8. On the tool palette, select the visual style.
  9. Right-click and click Add to Current Drawing.

    The visual style is added to the sample images in the Visual Styles Manager and the dashboard.

     Toolbar: Visual Styles 
     Shortcut menu: Right-click the visual style in the Visual Styles Manager. Click Export to Active Tool Palette.
     Command entry: VISUALSTYLES
     Dashboard: Visual Style panel, Visual Styles Manager