Favorites

You can define favorite styles, similar to paragraph styles in word processing documents, for dimensions and various annotations (Notes, Geometric Tolerance Symbols, Surface Finish Symbols, and Weld Symbols). With favorites, you can:

• Save a dimension or annotation property as part of a favorite.

• Name favorites so that they can be referenced.

• Apply favorite styles to multiple dimensions or annotations.

• Add, update, and delete favorite styles.

• Save and load favorite styles. You can also load styles saved from other documents and located in other folders.

The functionality of favorites includes:

• When adding an annotation, you can preselect an item that uses a favorite, and that favorite becomes the default for the new item. If you click a location first, no favorite is used for new items.

• You cannot apply favorites to dimensions created by Hole Callouts.

• You can load the part or assembly favorites into drawings. Changes to the favorites in the drawings change the favorites in the part or assembly document.

The extensions for favorites are:

To add a favorite to a document:

1. Select one or more dimensions or annotations.

2. Edit the dimension or annotation properties in the PropertyManager or dialog box.

3. Click Add or Update a Favorite .

4. In the dialog box, type a name under Enter a new name or choose an existing name and click OK.

To apply a favorite to a dimension or annotation:

1. Select one or more dimensions or annotations.

2. In the PropertyManager or dialog box, select a favorite in Set a current Favorite.

To save a favorite:

1. With a favorite displayed in Set a current Favorite, click Save a Favorite .

2. In the Save As dialog box, browse to the folder where you want to save the file, edit the file name if necessary, and click Save.

To load a favorite:

1. Click Load Favorites .

2. In the Open dialog box, browse to the appropriate folder and select one or more files.

   You can select multiple favorite files by using Shift or Ctrl.

3. Click Open.

   The loaded favorites appear in the Set a current Favorite list.

To update a favorite style:

1. Select a dimension or annotation with the favorite style.

2. Edit the dimension or annotation properties.

3. Click Add or Update a Favorite .

4. Select the favorite name from the list, select Update all annotations linked to this favorite, and click OK.

5. Click Rebuild on the Standard toolbar, or click Edit, Rebuild to update the annotations linked to the favorite.

To break association with a favorite:

1. Click Add or Update a Favorite .

2. Select the favorite name, select Break all links to this favorite, and click OK.

   Dimensions and annotations retain the properties previously applied by the favorite unless the items are reset to the document default (see below).

To delete a favorite:

1. Select a style from Set a current Favorite.

2. Click Delete a Favorite .

   The current favorite is set to <NONE>. Dimensions and annotations retain the properties previously applied by the favorite unless the items are reset to the document default (see below).

To reset a dimension or annotation's properties to the document defaults:

1. Select dimensions or annotations with favorite styles.

2. Click Apply the default attributes to selected items .

   The style is reset to <NONE> (the document default).

   Selecting a favorite of <NONE> unlinks the dimension or annotation from the favorite, but the item retains the properties already applied. To reset the dimension or annotation properties, use Apply the default attributes to selected items. The <NONE> designation indicates that the dimension is not linked to any favorite, so any future changes to favorites are not applied.

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