Switching a Drawing to Another Standard

Each drawing contains a copy of the standard it uses, and retains this version until you explicitly switch the drawing to another standard or update this copy.
In this task, you will learn how to switch a drawing to another standard when several standards have been defined by an administrator.
Open any existing CATDrawing file.

  1. Select File> Page Setup. The Page Setup dialog box opens, displaying the standard currently used by the drawing.

  2. From the Standard drop-down list, choose another standard. 
     

    A message informs you that this action cannot be undone.

  3. Click OK to continue.
    You can only switch a drawing to a standard of an equivalent or higher level than the current standard of your drawing. Refer to your administrator for more information.
    If you try to switch a drawing to a standard of a lower level than the current standard of your drawing, an error message is displayed at this point.

  4. Click OK to validate and close the dialog box.
 

About the Switch of a Standard File
  The parameters of the chosen standard are copied into the drawing and replace the previous parameters. This may have an immediate impact on the appearance of the elements inside the drawing.
 

Annotations and dimensions
  During a standard switch or update, annotations and dimensions are automatically updated (in order to apply the new standard), but not the geometry. To avoid differences between updated annotations and not-updated geometry, we advise you to first update your drawing before any standard switch / update.
 

Style
 

  • Note that styles are not affected by this change, i.e. styles in this standard file that are different from the previous standard file will not be re-applied to existing elements. Indeed, styles are applied when creating elements (as they define the default values to be used for creation). If needed, style parameters can be re-applied to an element using the Style toolbar: simply select the element whose style you want to update and select the updated style in the Style toolbar.

  • Note that sheet styles are re-applied to existing sheets when you are switching to another standard.

  • If you modify styles in the standard itself and then update the standard file used by the drawing, the elements which have already been created will NOT be modified (i.e. their default values will remain as previously). Updating the standard will only have an impact on the next elements to be created.