Managing Symbol Libraries. Autodesk AUTOSKETCH 8

Symbols in the current library also appear in the drop-down list box on the edit bar, along with additional symbol definitions in the current drawing.

When you start a Draw Symbol command, you make a symbol current. If the symbol appears in the current symbol library, it will be highlighted in the

Content Librarian. Clicking any symbol in the drawing, Content Librarian, or in the drop-down list box on the edit bar makes it current.

On the Symbols page, the Content Explorer displays both the hierarchy of folders on your computer and the files and folders in each selected folder.

However, the only files it displays are symbol libraries (files with an .SLB extension). It displays the symbol definitions in any selected library or open drawing, indicating which library and symbol are current. The default path can be changed on the Path page of the Customize Commands dialog box.

To start the Content Explorer

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On the Draw menu, click Symbol, Explore.

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On the Symbol page of the Content Librarian, click the Explorer button.

Managing Symbol Libraries

Symbol libraries are a means to organize your symbol collection, and the

Symbol page of the Content Explorer is a means to organize the libraries. You can organize symbols in libraries by using methods, such as industry, project, author, and so on.

The Symbol page of the Content Explorer provides several ways to copy and move symbols between drawings and libraries. You use it to create, rename, and delete symbol libraries. Deleting unused symbols can keep your symbol libraries from becoming unmanageable.

To copy symbol definitions from any open drawing to the current library

1 In the Content Librarian, click the Symbol page tab.

2 Click the Explorer button, or click Symbol, Explore on the Draw menu.

The Content Explorer appears.

3 (optional) Change the current library (see “Setting a Current Library” on page 182 ).

4 Click the Drawings page tab, then click the name of an open drawing.

5 Select one or more symbol definitions that you want to save in the current library.

Managing Symbols in the Content Explorer

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