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Configure Standards Dialog Box
Toolbar: CAD Standards Menu: Tools 
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Standards ConfigureAt the Command prompt,
enter standards. 
Command entry: standardsAssociates the current drawing with a standards file and lists plug-ins used to check standards.
Opens the Check Standards dialog box.
Displays the CAD Standards Settings dialog box, which specifies additional settings for the Configure Standards and Check Standards dialog boxes.
The Configure Standards dialog box contains the following tabs:
Displays information about the standards files that are associated with the current drawing.
Standards Files Associated with the Current Drawing
Lists all standards (DWS) files that are associated with the current drawing. To add a standards file, click Add Standards File. To remove a standards file, click Remove Standards File. If conflicts arise between multiple standards in this list (for example, if two standards specify layers of the same name but with different properties), the standards file that is shown first in the list takes precedence. To change the position of a standards file in the list, select it and click Move Up or Move Down.
You can use the shortcut menu to add, remove, or reorder files.
Associates a standards (DWS) file with the current drawing.
Removes a standards file from the list. (Removing a standards file does not delete it but simply dissociates it from the current drawing.)
Moves a standards file up one position in the list.
Moves a standards file down one position in the list.
Provides summary information about the standards file currently selected in the list. You can add comments and a title to the description by opening the DWS file and using the DWGPROPS command. In the Drawing Properties dialog box, click the Summary tab.
Lists and describes the standards plug-ins that are installed on the current system. A standards plug-in is installed for each of the named objects for which standards can be defined (layers, dimension styles, linetypes, and text styles). In the future, it is expected that third-party applications will be able to install additional plug-ins.
Lists the standards plug-ins on the current system. You can specify which plug-ins to use when auditing a drawing by selecting plug-ins from this list.
Provides summary information about the standards plug-in currently selected in the list.
