Style Standards and defaults

[hayden4RM5Z]

I'm having a hard time grasping the Styles Editor, specifically the "Standards". I'm not sure if these "Standards" can be thought of as Profiles or what? 

For example: I've created 2 custom 'dimensions styles' that I can manually select from the style dropdown on the right side of the Annotate bar when dimensioning.  I want to control the default chosen 'dimension style' because it must always be re-selected as it always reverts back to 'BY STANDARD'.

I've created 2 custom "Standards", thinking i would assign each one a different "dimension style" in the "object defaults" , but making any change effects all the standards so i don't see their purpose.

[pcrawley]

Tools > Application Options > Drawing - "Default Object Style" = Last Used.  I think it was called "sticky style setting" once.

To make it work, you have to follow the clicking order:  In a drawing - click Dimension - then select the style - then select the thing to dimension and place the dim.  From now on, every dimension will be placed using the selected style.

[johnsonshiue · Accepted solution]

Hi! There are online videos and AU class recordings showing the Standards and Styles workflow. For a beginner, it can be intimidating. If I understand your request correctly, I think you will need to create two separate standard specific styles. Think of a standard as a plate and the styles are like different appetizers to fill the plate. Two different plates can have the same type of appetizer.

Please feel free to share a template file you are working on. We have quite a few Standards and Styles experts on the forum to help.

Many thanks!