Saving and assigning parameters as styles

Style and favorite are alike in many respects: Both store parameters and settings of an object so that you can use them again later.

• A favorite contains all settings of a dialog box when you define an object. When you retrieve this favorite, exactly these settings appear in the dialog box again; you can use them to create the object (for example, a wall). After you have created the object, the favorite is no longer linked with the object.
• A style also contains properties of an object (walls only), including parameters, attributes, format properties, and surface elements. However, a style does not include the object’s height, axis, or offset direction. These parameters define the object’s position relative to the overall model. Therefore, it must be possible to change them at any time.
• Unlike a favorite, a style will be saved with the object (the wall). When you assign a different style, the object changes.

To create a Style, define the required parameters in the Properties dialog box of the object ( Wall). Use Save as a style to save the style in the required path (Office, Project, or Private). The file format for wall styles is *.wastyle.

To assign a style to an object (for example, a wall), you use the Properties palette, regardless of whether you create or modify the object. Select one or more objects, such as walls, and select a style in the drop-down list of the palette. This style must already be defined and available in the project. New objects get the settings defined in the style. In modification mode, all selected objects immediately get the settings defined in the style.

When you click to select a style from another path, Allplan replicates the style - like textures - to the project. Select <off> in the drop-down list to turn off the style; the object’s settings and parameters do not change.

Note: Allplan comes with a selection of styles (...\ETC\Styles - standard). When creating the wall, open the Styles - standard path in the Properties palette and select the required style.

You can change the parameters of an object with a style at any time; changed parameters are indicated by an asterisk (*) preceding the style name.

You can see a preview of the wall structure in the Properties palette. Changes to the height settings, axis, or offset direction do not affect the style. You cannot change the layer thickness in the Properties palette.

Like patterns, hatching, or layers, styles are project resources. Consequently, styles are part of the project backup or of a project template created from the project backup.

What do you want to do?

Create and save styles

Assign styles when creating and modifying objects

Filter by the style attribute during modifications

Comparison of style and favorite for a wall