You can import dimension styles into AutoCAD LT by copying an object that uses the desired style from one drawing and pasting it into the drawing where you want to use the style.
A simple and effective method to transfer a specific dimension style from one drawing (source drawing) to another (destination drawing) in AutoCAD LT is by leveraging the standard copy and paste commands. When you copy an object, such as a dimension line, that utilizes a particular style and paste it into a different drawing, the definition of that dimension style is automatically brought along with the object.
Here are the steps based on the common workflow:
- Open the drawing that contains the dimension style. This is the source file from which you want to copy the style.
- Select a dimension object that uses the dimension style. Find any dimension, leader, or multileader entity in the drawing that is formatted with the specific style you wish to import.
- Press Ctrl+C or click Home tab > Clipboard panel > Copy Clip. This action copies the selected dimension object, including its associated style definition, to the Windows clipboard.
- Switch to the drawing that you want to import the dimension style. Open or activate the destination drawing file.
- Press Ctrl+P or click Home tab > Clipboard panel > Paste. Paste the copied dimension object into the destination drawing.
After completing these steps, the dimension style that was applied to the copied object will now be available in the destination drawing. You can verify this by opening the Dimension Style Manager (accessible by typing DIMSTYLE and pressing Enter). The imported style will appear in the list. If you only needed to import the style and not the physical dimension object, you can safely delete the pasted object from your destination drawing; the dimension style definition will remain.
This method is particularly useful when you have a standard set of styles defined in template drawings or existing projects and need to quickly make them available in a new or different drawing file without manually recreating the style settings.
