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How do I automatically get my layers in SewerGEMS for ArcMap to populate the SewerGEMS symbology that's in standalone or in the SewerGEMS for AutoCAD version?
1) Download this SewerGEMS for ArcMap Style file.
2) Save the file to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\SewerGEMS" on a 64 bit computer or any other location where you won't lose the file or forget where you placed it.
3) Open SewerGEMS for ArcMap. From that ArcMap toolbar click Customize > Style Manager...
4) In the Style Manager window click the 'Styles...' button on the upper right hand side. This will open the Style References window.
5) In the Style References window click the 'Add Style to List...' button and browse to the location that you saved the style file in step 2 and then click the Open button.
6) After that click the "Set as Default List" button on the Style References window to add this style to the default list that is populated when opening ArcMap. Next hit the OK button to close the Style References window.
7) Finally click the "Close" button to close the Style Manager window.
Now when you go to add in a new or existing SewerGEMS projects all the SewerGEMS symbology will automatically come in when the layers are added to the table of contents.
** If you wanted to only bring in a few icon for the SewerGEMS layers (eg. just the pipes, junctions, pumps, and tanks) you could locate the newly added style in the Style manager window and click the "+" plus sign next to it. This expands the items that make up the style. Next click on the 'Marker Symbols' folder which opens the symbol names and their icons on the right side of the window. The last step is to add an underscore 1 "_1" to the end of the name for the element. Then click the close button. The next time you add an existing model or a new model that layers (elements) symbol we result to the default symbol. See the screen shot below. **
The steps below describe how to simply add the SewerGEMS symbol style to ArcMap without automatically having the SewerGEMS icons populate the layer symbology can be found here.
On the main ArcMap toolbar go to Customize > Style Manager...
Click the "Style" button on the far right side of this window.
Click the "Add Style to List..." button in lower left corner of the window
Browse out to "C:\Program Files\Bentley\SewerGEMS" or "C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\SewerGEMS" on a 64 bit computer and locate the file called "wtrgV8i.style". Click on it to select it and hit the "Open" button.
Now click the "OK" button to close the "Style References" window and then click the "Close" button to close the "Style Manager" window.
Go to each symbol in the Table of Contents and when you go to change the symbol by double clicking on it the SewerGEMS symbols will be an option you can choose from your list.
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