Categorizing Style-Based Content; Creating Categories In Autocad Mep - Autodesk 235B1-05A761-1301 - AutoCAD MEP 2010 User Manual

To verify the connector style rules
1 Click Manage tab
2 Expand Multi-Purpose Objects, and then expand Connector Styles.
3 In the left pane, select a connector style.
4 In the right pane, click the Rules tab, and verify the connector style rules.

Categorizing Style-Based Content

You can create categories for related style-based content in the drawings located in the
content locations. Because these drawings typically contain a large number of styles, categorizing the styles
makes it easier for users to browse them.

Creating Categories in AutoCAD MEP

You can create categories for various MEP objects, such as devices, panels, schematic symbols, and plumbing
fittings. The following steps explain how to categorize a style for plumbing fittings.
NOTE These steps are similar to those when you create other types of categories in AutoCAD MEP.
To categorize plumbing fittings
1 Click Manage tab
2 Expand the specific Objects node in the left pane. In this example, select Plumbing Objects.
3 Right-click the desired category — in this case, Plumbing Fitting Categories. Then click New.
4 Enter a name for the new category, and press ENTER.
5 Click the Plumbing Fitting tab in the right pane.
Style & Display panel
Style & Display panel
NOTE The name of this tab relates specifically to the category you selected previously. In this example,
it is named Plumbing Fitting.
Style Manager .
Style Manager .
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