This actually came up twice today in unrelated instances... once in an online class and also in this topic.
There needs to be consistency across all tools that have the ability to save new Styles.
Currently some tools let you save a new style with the "Style" dropdown in the OIP (such as Doors, Windows, Title Block Borders, etc.). Other tools such as Walls and Slabs can only create new styles by right-clicking the object and choosing the option there. The ability to create a new style via the OIP should be added to all applicable Plug-In Objects.
While we're on the topic, the phrase "New Plug-In Style from Unstyled Plug-In" is the most overly-complex way of describing that function. I can attest to the fact that non-advanced users have no clue what this means. It should say something simpler like "Save as new Style."
Also, if an object is currently unstyled, instead of "Replace" it should say something like "Load Style."
I think you'd get a lot more users taking advantage of style-based PIOs with these changes.
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Andy Broomell
This actually came up twice today in unrelated instances... once in an online class and also in this topic.
There needs to be consistency across all tools that have the ability to save new Styles.
Currently some tools let you save a new style with the "Style" dropdown in the OIP (such as Doors, Windows, Title Block Borders, etc.). Other tools such as Walls and Slabs can only create new styles by right-clicking the object and choosing the option there. The ability to create a new style via the OIP should be added to all applicable Plug-In Objects.
While we're on the topic, the phrase "New Plug-In Style from Unstyled Plug-In" is the most overly-complex way of describing that function. I can attest to the fact that non-advanced users have no clue what this means. It should say something simpler like "Save as new Style."
Also, if an object is currently unstyled, instead of "Replace" it should say something like "Load Style."
I think you'd get a lot more users taking advantage of style-based PIOs with these changes.
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