Description

The ExportCivilStyles command allows any or all Civil Styles in the current drawing to be exported into a selected target drawing in a single step.

Note: This command is not available in the 2008 and 2009 versions. Also, if this command is used to export Styles to a drawing created in an earlier version of Civil 3D, it will upgrade the target drawing to the current version of Civil 3D.

Usage

Type ExportCivilStyles at the command line. You will then see the following dialog, containing all of the Styles available in the current drawing:

You may choose to filter the styles shown by entering the filter criteria in the text box. The filter mechanism uses Regular Expressions. Select all desired Styles in the tree view. Click on the small triangles to expand or collapse an item. Note that you may click at any point in the tree view, and all items below the selected item are also selected. So it is very easy to select either single Styles, or groups of Styles, or even the entire tree of Styles.

Additionally, you may select the desired behavior for duplicate styles: Overwrite, Skip, or Rename. (Unfortunately, there is no way to control the numbering for the "Rename" option - the next number is automatically generated by Civil 3D.)

Once you have selected the desired Styles, click OK, and you will see the dialog box shown below:

This dialog box provides a number of options for selecting a target drawing. The possible targets are:

• Current Drawing Template: This value is the template for the current drawing, as specified by the DrawingTemplate system variable. You may also click on the button with the three small dots to change the value for the DrawingTemplate.
• QNew Drawing Template: This is the value specified by the QNew Template setting in OPTIONS, on the Files tab.
• Open Drawing: If there are any other drawings currently open, they will appear in this combo box, and may be selected from the list.
• Xref of Current Drawing: If the current drawing has any XREFs, those files will appear in this combo box, and may be selected from the list.
• My Favorite: This is a favorite file, and can be any DWG or DWT. The filename selected here is remembered between invocations, and does not change when the current drawing changes. It is the same favorite as the one in the Layer Import dialog.
• Favorite for Current Drawing: This is a favorite file, and can be any DWG or DWT. The filename selected here is stored in the current drawing, and this value changes when the current drawing changes. It is the same favorite as the one in the Layer Import dialog.
• Browse to a Drawing or Template: Click on the "Browse to a Drawing or Template" button to browse to any DWG or DWT file.
• Export to New, Empty, Drawing: As the final option, you may also click on the "Export to New, Empty, Drawing" button to select a name and location for a new drawing to be created with just the selected styles. This is good for sharing only the chosen styles with other users. The Default name is "StyleExport" but may be changed to any valid drawing name you desire.

Once you select the desired target, click OK, and the Styles will be exported.

See Also

CompareCivilStyles

Compare Styles in current drawing with those in another drawing, and see lists of Styles that are found in only one drawing or the other, or common to both drawings. (Note: Only compares Style NAMES.)

DrawingTemplate

Gets or sets the link to the Drawing Template used for this drawing.

ExportKML

Dump selected Cogo Points to a KML file, which may be loaded into Google Earth. Blocks from Point Markers may be individually mapped to images on a public server.

ImportCivilStyles

Allows any or all Civil Styles in a selected source drawing to be imported into the current drawing in a single step.

Quick Layer Import functionality

Quickly and easily import a layer from any of a variety of sources, without interrupting the current command.

PurgeCivilStyles

Purge unused Civil Styles from the current drawing.

RenameCivilStyles

Search-and-Replace on Names and/or Descriptions of Civil Styles.