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About Standards for the 3D Illustrator
A <standard> defines industry and company standards for 3D figures in Creo Illustrate. The standard is a toolbox or palette that contains all the editing and appearance options for your enterprise. The user must select a standard before creating a new schematic illustration. You can define multiple standards for the user to choose from.
The standard is a prepared XML document that is saved with the file.
The following entities are defined in a standard:
Standard ID—Each standard must have a unique ID.
Name—Specify a name for each illustration standard. This name does not have to be unique.
length_units—Defines the length units for all numeric values of the standard. Default value is millimeters (optional).
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Standard ID and name are shared by 3D and Schematic.
This is an example of a script containing the ID, a name, and a length unit:
<standard id="4e93c9c8-4cc4-4d0b-a067-818364c35a8b"/>
name="New full Illustrate Standard" length_units="cm">
A standard may contain the following child tags in any order. They are all optional.
<formats>
<attr_rules>
<profiles>
A 3D standard may contain <profiles>. For 3D Standards, continue to “Defining Profiles” below.