Export Style Fragment Dialog Box - Isogen - Help

Provides options for selecting the drawing properties and settings to be exported and specifying the output location of the style fragment .xml file. By default, the drawing properties and settings that initially display in the dialog box are based on the active style group. The active style group is what displays in the Options panel when you first open the dialog box. In the example, the active style group is Piping Components (1). When you open the Export Style Fragment dialog box, Isogen Configuration includes a hierarchical list of the active style group, including its associated option groups, each group's respective isometric drawing properties, report definitions (where applicable), and current settings (2).

You use the Current, Changes, All AText, and All Reports check boxes to include and exclude the groups of settings to be exported. Current is selected by default, which automatically includes all of the properties and settings that belong to the active style group.

The root of the displayed hierarchy is always the currently selected style category. In the example, the current style category is Drawing Area. For more information, see Isogen Configuration Interface.

Option

Displays a hierarchical list of the drawing style properties to be exported. The root of this hierarchy is the style category. Next, is the style group. Under the style group are groupings of options, each of which contains related isometric drawing properties. Use the and buttons to expand and collapse the hierarchy so that you can view the contents as needed. In the example, the current style category is Dimensions, and the active style group is Reference Dimensions.

Value

Displays the current setting for a drawing property. If the setting is undefined, no value displays. In the example, Show is set to True and Show Coordinates at Reference Item is set to False. The Name Style property is undefined.

When the property is a table or report, the dialog box displays <Table> or <Report Definition>, as appropriate. In the example, the report definition for the Bending file and the Material Control file are part of the export list.

• The Current, Changes, All AText, and All Reports check boxes listed below allow you to control which groups of properties and settings are exported to the style fragment .xml file. Each check box exists in one of three states:

  • Unchecked indicates that no properties from that group are included for export.

  • Checked indicates that all properties in the group are included for export.

  • Indeterminate indicates that only some properties in the group are included for export.

Selecting a check box cycles it sequentially through each of the three states in the following order: unchecked, checked, and indeterminate. The table below outlines how moving from one state to another impacts what properties are subsequently included for export:

• Because some properties are contained in multiple option groups, cycling between the check boxes can cause the state of another group to change.

Current

Contains all the properties and settings in the active style group but excludes all Alternative Text (AText) settings and any report definitions that are either disabled or that cannot be exported individually. When there is no active style group, this option contains all of the properties and (individually exportable) enabled reports in the style category. This is the default setting.

Changes

Contains all the properties that have been modified since ISGOEN Configuration was opened, excluding all AText settings and any report definitions that cannot be exported individually.

All AText

Contains all the AText settings. You cannot export an individual AText setting. You must export the entire group of AText settings.

All Reports

Contains all the report definitions that can be exported individually.

The reports listed below can be exported individually:

Remove

Excludes the selected property, AText setting, or report definition from the export.

• AText and some reports can be exported only as a group. Removing one item from the group also removes any other items that must be exported with it.

• Removing an item from a selected group changes the state to indeterminate because all items in the group are no longer included.

• Removing the last item from any group changes the state to unchecked because no items in the group are included.

Path

Specifies the full path location and file name of the .xml file to create during export of the isometric drawing style data.

Cancel

Closes the dialog box without exporting the isometric drawing style data.

OK

Exports the selected options, creates the style fragment .xml file, and saves the file in the specified location.