How To Edit Layer Key Styles - AutoCAD Civil 3D

Use this procedure to edit a layer key style.

• You can change the layer standard that a layer key style is based on, or you can specify a layer standard for a nonstandard layer key style.
• You can add layer keys to the layer key style.
• You can remove any layer keys except the default layer keys.
• You can edit the layer properties of the layers to which the layer keys map.
• You can specify whether layer key overrides can be used with the layer key style.
  

1. Click Home tabLayers panelLayer Key Styles. Alternatively, you can click  in the Layer Properties Manager.
   The Style Manager is displayed with the current drawing expanded in the tree view.
2. Select the layer key style that you want to change.
3. Click the Keys tab.
4. Specify the layer standard:

   If you want to…	Then…
   specify a different layer standard on which to base the layer key style	select a new layer standard for Standard.
   specify that the layer key style is not based on a layer standard	select Non Standard for Standard.

   Note: You can base more than one layer key style on the same layer standard so that each layer key style can be used with different color, linetype, and override settings.
5. To add a new layer key, click Add.
   New keys are added with default values.
6. To delete a layer key, select a layer key, and click Remove.
   You cannot delete the default layer keys.
   Tip: To change the properties of more than one layer key at a time, hold down Ctrl and select the additional layer keys.
7. Select a layer key, and specify the layer key properties:

   If you want to…	Then…
   modify the description for a layer key	double-click the text that you want to change for Description, and enter new text.
   modify the layer name	under Layer, click the [...] button. Specify the appropriate values for layer fields, and click OK.
   modify the color for a layer key	under Color, click the current value. Select a new color, and click OK.
   modify the linetype for a layer key	under Linetype, click the current value. Select a new linetype, and click OK.
   modify the lineweight for a layer key	under Lineweight, click the current value. Select a new lineweight, and click OK.
   specify whether a layer key will plot	under Plot, click the printer icon to turn plotting on or off.
   specify whether to allow layer field overrides	under Allow Overrides, clear the options for which overrides are not allowed. Tip: When you first add a new layer key by default the name generated for the layer is not yet based on the layer standard used. This is why the layer overrides are inactive. Modify first the layer name associated to the key by clicking the [...] button. Once the name is based on the layer standard, you can allow overrides to the standard.

8. Click OK.