Style Library Manager

You can develop style libraries that are specific to a given project. This procedure copies styles you have already defined in one style library to another style library.

1. Click Start menu Programs Autodesk Autodesk Inventor Tools Style Library Manager.
2. In Styles Library 1, click the down arrow to select or click Browse to locate the style library whose styles you want to copy.
3. In the Choose Style Type column, click a style type to list all defined styles in Style Library 1.
4. In Style Library 2, click the down arrow to select or click Browse to locate a style library.

   If appropriate, click Create New Style Library:

   • In Creation Method, select Copy Existing Style Library or Create Empty Style Library.
   • Browse to the folder where the library is located.
   • If copying a style library, click the arrow or browse to select the Source Library for Copy. The existing styles are listed in the Style Library 2 window.
5. Click one or more styles, and then click to add them to Style Library 2.
6. Continue to click style types to add to Style Library 1, and then select and add them to Style Library 2.
7. Styles in one library might not match the styles in another library. Compare the styles in both libraries.

   	Click Show All Styles to list all styles in both style libraries.
   	Click Show Mismatched Styles to show styles whose definitions are different in the two libraries. Mismatched styles are shown in red.
   	Click Show Unique Styles to show styles that exist in one library but not the other. Unique styles are shown in blue.

8. Click the right and left arrows to add or remove styles as desired.

   If mismatched substyles are detected, the Manage Styles dialog box opens. Indicate to overwrite the version of the substyle in the destination library or retain the current version.

9. Click Close to save the libraries.

A style name can change in the style library, but all documents that reference the old name lose their association to that style.

1. Click Start menu Programs Autodesk Autodesk Inventor Tools Style Library Manager.
2. Click the arrow or browse to the library whose style you want to rename.
3. In the Style Library 1 or 2 window, right-click a style name and select Rename.

   A warning asks you to confirm that documents links to the style will be broken. Click Yes to continue or No to cancel renaming. If Yes, enter the new style name.

4. Continue renaming as needed, and then click Close to save the changes.

A style can be deleted from a style library, but all documents that reference the old name lose their association to that style.

1. Click Start menu Programs Autodesk Autodesk Inventor Tools Style Library Manager.
2. In the Style Library 1 or 2 window, click the arrow or browse to the library whose styles you want to delete.
3. Select a style type in the Choose Style Type list. Then right-click a style name in the Style Library 1 or 2 window and select Delete.

   A warning asks you to confirm that the style will be permanently deleted from the style library. Click Yes to delete the style or No to cancel delete.

   NoteYou cannot use Undo to reverse a deletion.
4. Continue deleting as needed. When finished, click Exit to close the Style Library Manager dialog box.

TipUse Manage tab Styles and Standards panel Purge to remove unused styles from the current document, and optionally, all referenced documents.