Import and export surface styles?

[post8]

Is there any way to import a surface style into a drawing?

I have lost my surface settings, and I have a backup copy where it is. Now I want to copy that surface style into the drawing?

Rune

[craig_robertson · Accepted solution]

go to your toolspace and change the drop down from 'Active Drawing Settings View' to 'Master View' then just drag the style from your surface styles in your backup up to the drawing where you want it to be.

[post8]

Super!

Thanks a lot!!!

Rune

[ArchD · Accepted solution]

IMPORTSTYLESANDSETTINGS is a great little command that allows you to import all the styles of a template or drawing quickly.

[jgrande26]

What would cause the drag and drop to not work? I keep trying it, but the style never gets transferred to my new drawing.

[ArchD]

Highlight the style(s) in the toolspace tree from the original drawing before dragging them into the current/target drawing.

[jgrande26]

Yes, that's exactly what I am doing. But when my cursor falls over the target drawing and changes, (as described in this link: Dragging Items between Drawings or Templates) I let go of the mouse button, expecting the desired style to be miraculously transferred and I'm consistently disappointed when it's not. So I'm asking what might be preventing it. I don't even know where to begin trouble-shooting.

[ArchD]

Hmm, that's odd. I know many people miss the highlight first part. Another thing I see is that they are dragging it into the source drawing instead of the target drawing. 

Reading that link, it seems that it's telling you to drop it into the toolspace tree. Instead, try to drop it into the viewport of the intended drawing.

Maybe you can try IMPORTSTYLESANDSETTINGS and see if you can bring them in that way instead?

[jgrande26]

Dragging into the drawing window, instead of the settings tree worked. Thanks.