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Display Themes

Display themes use color, fills, and hatches to present data that is not typically visible in a drawing. For example, you
can specify that all 2-hour fire-rated walls appear with a red fill. The display theme legend activates the display theme
in the drawing and identifies the meaning of the different colors, fills, or hatches used in the theme.
The data for display theme legends is collected from the property set data attached to the objects or object styles. Styles
for display themes are specified in the Style Manager under Documentation Objects.

Process Overview: Creating Display Themes

Typically, manual properties of an object—such as a wall's fire rating or a door's manufacturer—are not visible in a
drawing. Display themes let you incorporate such non-graphic data in your drawing by using certain colors, fills, or
hatches to highlight objects that meet criteria (theme rules) you establish in a display theme style. For example, you
might define a property named Function for room objects, and then set up a theme rule specifying that rooms with a
Function value equal to storage" will be displayed with a solid yellow fill.
You activate a display theme in a drawing by using a display theme tool to insert a display theme legend, which explains
the meaning of color, fills, or hatches specified in the theme.
If you use display theme styles provided with AutoCAD Architecture 2008, the property set definitions and property
data formats for the style are already created for you. You can begin the process of creating a display theme from Step
4.
Create and implement a display theme by following these basic steps:
Step 1: Create property data formats (or modify existing ones as necessary) to specify formats for properties you want
to include in the theme. For more information, see
These formats determine how data is displayed in the display theme legend.
Step 2: Create or modify property set definitions for objects or object styles incorporating formats from Step 1. For
more information, see
Step 3: Create or modify a display theme style. For more information, see
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The legend is a key that incorporates the property set definitions from Step 2 to specify which visual indicator
will be applied to which objects in the drawing and what the content of the display theme legend will be.
Step 4: Attach property set data to the objects and object styles to be included in your display theme. For more
information, see
Step 5: Activate the display theme by adding the display theme legend to the drawing or right-click an existing legend.
For more information, see

Creating and Editing Display Themes

When you use a display theme in a drawing, you can show data that is not typically visible. For example, you can use
different hatches to designate different functional areas within a building. Typically, manual properties of an object—such
as a wall's fire rating or a door's manufacturer—are not visible in a drawing. Display themes let you incorporate such
non-graphic data in your drawing by using certain colors, fills, or hatches to highlight objects that meet criteria (theme
rules) you establish in a display theme style. For example, you might define a property named Function for room
objects, and then set up a theme rule specifying that rooms with a Function value equal to storage" will be displayed
with a solid yellow fill.
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Creating a Property Set
Attaching Property Set Data to
Adding a Display Theme to a
Creating a Property Data
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