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Custom style library

lkirit2000 — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 03:32:55 GMT

Hi Team,

I have created a custom style library and set it as active in my drawing template. However, I am currently working on a drawing that was copied from an older drawing, and I cannot see the custom style library in this drawing.

Could you please advise how I can make the custom style library available in the copied drawing?

Thanks,
Kiri

Re: Custom style library

James_Willo — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:06:28 GMT

Have you tried the 'update' button? This will copy the central style library over the one in your current drawing.

Re: Custom style library

lkirit2000 — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:10:14 GMT

Yes, it doesn't show up my custom style library in the style editor

Re: Custom style library

James_Willo — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:14:36 GMT

Not sure if this helps
https://inventorfasttips.blogspot.com/2021/08/style-library-conflicts.html

Re: Custom style library

blandb — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:31:39 GMT

Did you save your changed to the style library?

Re: Custom style library

obulesub — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:56:07 GMT

Hi @lkirit2000 ,

It looks like the suggestions shared so far didn't fully resolve the issue, and a couple of follow-up questions were asked to help narrow things down. If you're still experiencing this problem, could you provide an update on what you found and whether you were able to check those items? That should help the community continue investigating.

Re: Custom style library

lkirit2000 — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:43:03 GMT

Hi Team,

I have created a lot of drawings using an older template. If I delete that template, will it affect any of the existing drawings that were created using it?

Re: Custom style library

AEtzkorn — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:50:16 GMT

The drawings you created with the old template will remain. Deleting it only deletes the instance in your Templates folder. The rest of the files all maintain that data internally and do not return to the template file. You could create your new template and use "Drawing Transfer Wizard" to update the ones you want to change. I have recently started using that when my company updates our template.

Re: Custom style library

lkirit2000 — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:19:20 GMT

Thanks for your response.

I have a custom style in one template. How to bring this style to other template ?

Thanks

Re: Custom style library

James_Willo — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:20:54 GMT

You could try this (use which ever version matches):

Re: Custom style library

James_Willo — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:22:21 GMT

There's also this: