Autodesk 235B1-05A761-1301 User Guide - Page 651

If you want to... then... overwrite the contents of an existing drawing in the Select File dialog, select the drawing, click Save, and then click Yes to confirm that the contents of the drawing can be overwritten. 4 Click Generate. The software creates the schematic symbol styles using the conversion script and the block definitions from the referenced drawings. IMPORTANT If you need to make a few changes to the new styles, modify the symbol conversion script and repeat the conversion process to apply the changes. If you make the changes using the Style Manager instead, the changes are overwritten if you subsequently repeat the conversion process. 5 If there are errors in the process, click Log to view them. Otherwise, click Close. Creating Symbol Conversion Scripts A symbol conversion script in a CCF file contains the following information: ■ values for schematic symbol style settings ■ references to drawings that contain AutoCAD® blocks The software uses both the script and the blocks to create the schematic symbol styles and their associated views. If you are creating a set of schematic symbol styles using the blocks in your existing block libraries, you need to create a conversion script. If you are customizing a set of existing styles, you already have a script as a result of the conversion of the existing styles to their individual components, and you can modify that script instead. To create a symbol conversion script 1 Click Manage tab ➤ MEP Content panel ➤ ➤ Batch Convert Symbols . The software displays the Batch Convert Symbols dialog. 2 In the Batch Convert Symbols dialog, click Create. 3 In the Symbol Conversion Script dialog, under Convert, specify the file or files that contain the blocks to convert to schematic symbol styles: Converting Blocks to Schematic Symbol Styles | 633