The changes are applied to all symbols of that type in the drawing. Guidelines to create and use sketch symbols: Define your own folders under the Sketch Symbol folder to organize your symbols. When you create and insert, or insert a sketch symbol from a symbol library, each instance of your symbol is listed within a the Sketch Symbols browser node for the current sheet and beneath the Drawing Resources folder.
Newly defined sketch symbols are added to the Sketch Symbols folder in Drawing Resources. Symbols added to and stored in a sketch symbol library can be accessed by multiple users and computers.Ī sketch symbol can contain geometry, text, iProperties, and imported bitmap images. Symbols created in a template file are available locally in all drawings using the template. Symbols created in the current drawing can be saved locally or to an external symbol library. Local sketch symbols are stored in the Drawing Resources Sketch Symbols folder in the browser. Sketch symbols support both IDW and DWG file types.