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Tool palettes are represented by separate tabs in the Tool Palettes - All Palettes window. They are effective remedy ordering, distribution and placement of blocks, hatches and other tools. Palettes can contain tools provided by third-party developers.

Creating and working with tools from objects

The tool can be created by simply dragging and dropping objects from the drawing into the area tool palette... Using such a tool, you can subsequently quickly build objects with the same properties as the original object.

Tool palettes are represented by separate tabs in a special window. Each tool palette contains one or more instruments... Tools can be created by dragging the following types of objects (one object at a time):

■ lines, circles, polylines, and other geometric objects

■ dimensions

■ blocks

■ shading

■ solid fills

■ gradient fills

■ bitmaps

■ Tables

NOTE When dragging an object onto the toolbar, you can switch to another tab by holding the mouse cursor on the desired tab for a few seconds.

Using such a tool, you can subsequently quickly build objects with the same properties as the original object. An example of a tool created by dragging an object is a red circle with a lineweight of 0.05 mm. You can also create tools from existing blocks and external links.

When you drag a geometric object or dimension onto the palette, an new instrument with the corresponding submenu. For example, tools based on dimensions have a submenu that you can use to dimension. different types... Submenus are expanded by clicking on the arrow symbol to the right of the tool icon on the palette. When using a tool from the pop-up menu, the drawing object has the same properties as the original tool on the tool palette.

Inserting blocks and links

You can select a mode that prompts you to enter a rotation angle (starting at 0) when you click to place a block or xref. This mode ignores the angle specified in the Rotation box of the Tool Properties dialog box. The rotation angle prompt is not displayed if you drag a block or xref, or if you enter rotation in command line when inserting a starting point.

Blocks that the user drags from the palette to the drawing area can be scaled and rotated after they become drawing objects. When you drag blocks from the tool palette, you can use object snapping; pegging is suppressed in this case. When using the block tool or hatch tool, you can set a minor scale to override the normal scale setting. (In a minor scale, the value of the current scale setting is multiplied by the drawing scale or dimension.)

Blocks added from the tool palette are automatically scaled according to the ratio of units in the block and the current drawing.

For example, if the current drawing uses meters as the unit of measure and the block uses centimeters, the unit ratio is 1 m / 100 cm. When you drag a block into the drawing, it is inserted at a scale of 1/100.

NOTE In the Options dialog box, the Custom tab contains the Source Drawing Units and Target Drawing Units drop-down lists. The units they select are used when insertion units are not specified in the source block or target drawing.

Updating block definitions in dashboards

When a block is modified in the original drawing, the block definition in the current drawing is not automatically updated. To update the block definition in the current drawing, right-click a block tool on the tool palette and choose Override from the shortcut menu.

If the Override command is not available, the source for the block definition is the drawing file, not the block inserted in the drawing file. Use the Control Center to update the block definition created by inserting a drawing file. For more information, see Add content using the Control Center.

NOTE If you move the source drawing file for a block tool to a different folder, you must change the tool that references it by right-clicking the tool and specifying the new source file folder in the Tool Properties dialog box.

To open a block on the block editor tool palette

1 If the Tool Palettes window is not already displayed, click View tab ➤ Palettes panel ➤ Tool Palettes.

2 In the context menu of the block icon, select the "Block editor" item.

NOTE On the design bar, the block can be in another drawing. The drawing containing the block definition opens in the block editor.

Add or remove submenus

an object tool or dimension tool to which you want to add (or remove) a submenu. Select Properties.

2 In the Tool Properties dialog box, under Commands, click in the Use Submenu box.

3 From the drop-down list, select Yes if you want to add a submenu and No if you want to remove it.

4 Click OK.

NOTE If you delete a tool's pop-up menu and then re-add it, the icon image, title, and description (tooltip) for that tool may change from the original ones. In this case, you should restore the default values of the parameters: icon, name and description of the instrument. Angled edges are not smoothed. See To change the image, name, and description of a flyout tool to the default settings.

Tool submenu adaptation

1 On the design bar, right-click

object tool or dimension tool whose submenu you want to customize. Select Properties.

2 In the Tool Properties dialog box, under Commands, click in the Options box. Click the button.

3 In the Options dialog box, select the tools to be hidden or shown in the pop-up menu. Click OK. (You must select at least one tool.)

4 In the Tool Properties dialog box, click OK.

Request for rotation angle when inserting a block or xref from the design bar

1 Right-click a tool created from a block or xref. Select Properties.

2 In the Insert group of the Tool Properties dialog box, click on the Rotation Angle Query row.

3 Select "Yes" from the drop-down list.

4 Click OK.

NOTE This option skips the angle specified in the Rotation box of the Tool Properties dialog box. The rotation angle prompt does not appear if you drag a block or xref, or if you type turn on the command line when inserting a starting point.

Creating and using command tools

On palettes, you can create tools that execute a single command or a series of commands.

Frequently used commands can be placed on a tool palette. When the Customize dialog box is open, you can drag tools from the toolbar or by using the Customize User Interface (CUI) editor onto the tool palette.

NOTE You cannot drag commands from the Quick Access Toolbar to a tool palette.

After the command is placed on the palette as a tool, it can be called by clicking the mouse button on the tool. For example, you can place a save drawing command on the palette. Then this command, when called from the palette, will be executed in the same way as if it had been called using the button on the shortcut toolbar.

You can place a tool that executes a chain of commands or a script on the palette.

NOTE Although the tools in the palettes can be activated with the Customize User Interface (CUI) editor open, the end results can be unpredictable. We recommend that you stop using the palette tools while the Customize User Interface (CUI) editor is displayed.

Creation of a command tool based on a toolbar button.

NOTE You cannot drag commands from the Quick Access Toolbar.

1 Make sure the toolbar is displayed containing the command you want to add to the palette.

If the toolbar you want is not displayed, on the ribbon, click View tab ➤ Windows panel ➤ Toolbars ➤ and the loaded customization group and toolbar to display. You can also click Tools ➤ Toolbars on the menu bar, and then select a toolbar from the list.

NOTE Even if you do not need to make any changes to the Customize dialog box during this procedure, it should be displayed when you add command tools to a tool palette.

3 In the program, drag a command (button) without releasing the pointing device button from the toolbar to the tool palette; place the cursor where you want to place the tool on the palette.

5 In the Customize dialog box, click Close.

Create a command tool from the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor window

1 Click Manage tab ➤ Customization panel ➤ User Interface.

If the CUI Editor window overlaps the Tool Palettes window,

drag the CUI Editor window to the side.

2 From the Command List area, drag a command onto a tool palette and, while holding the pointing device button, move the cursor to the position on the palette where you want to place the tool.

A horizontal line appears to indicate the location of the instrument.

3 Release the button on the pointing device.

4 In the CUI editor window, click Close.

Create a command tool that executes a custom command sequence (optional)

1 Click Manage tab ➤ Customize panel ➤ Tool Palettes.

2 In the program, drag a command without releasing the pointing device button from the toolbar to the tool palette; place the cursor where you want to place the tool on the palette.

3 Release the button on the pointing device.

4 On the toolbar, right-click the tool. Select Properties.

5 In the Tool Properties dialog box, change the name and description to the appropriate strings for the macro or script.

6 In the Command section, in the Command Line box, enter a command sequence or script.

7 Click OK.

Using a command tool

1 On the tool palette, select the Command tool, and drag the tool into the drawing you want to use.

2 Follow any prompts displayed on the command line.

Change tool palette settings

Parameters and settings of tool palettes can be changed using context menus. It should be noted that the appearance of the context menus depends on which area of the tool palette the mouse button is pressed in.

You can dock the Tool Palettes window to the right or left edge of the application window. To avoid docking a window, hold down the CTRL key while moving it.

The Tool Palettes window context menu contains

■ Allow pinning. Enables / disables the docking or snapping feature of the palette window. When this mode is selected, the palette window is docked when it is dragged to the docking area on one side of the application window. The fixed window meshes with the side of the window

application and causes the drawing area to be resized. When this mode is selected, the items "Anchor to the right" and "Anchor to the left" become available.

■ Anchor to the left or Anchor to the right... Docks the palette window to an anchored tab on the left or right side of the application window. The palette window collapses and expands when the cursor crosses it. When an anchored palette window is open, its contents overlap the drawing area. There is no setting to keep the anchored palette window open.

■ Auto-hide. Controls the display of the floating palette window. When this option is selected, only the title bar of the palette window is displayed when the cursor is moved outside of it. If this mode is canceled, fully open palette windows are displayed at all times. The palette window title bar can be in the form of icons or text on the title bar shortcut menu.

■ Transparency. Sets the transparency parameter of the palette window so that it does not hide the objects below it.

■ Views. Change the display style and size of icons on the toolbar.

Change the transparency of the tool palettes window

1 At the top of the Tool Palettes title bar, click the Properties button. Select the "Transparency" item in the context menu.

2 In the Transparency dialog box, under General, set the transparency for the tool palettes window if it is not selected.

3 In the Rollover group, set the transparency for the tool palettes window, if selected.

4 Click OK.

NOTE The transparency option is available when the tool palette window is not docked or anchored.

Change the display style of icons in the Tool Palettes window

1 Right-click in an empty area of the tool palettes window. Select Display Options.

2 In the Display Options dialog box, select the item display option that you want to set. You can also resize the icons.

3 In the Apply to list box, select the current palette or all palettes.

4 Click OK.

You can change the properties of any of the tools on the palette.

After creating a tool on the palette, you can change its properties. Such properties, for example, include the scale of the block when inserted into the drawing and the angle of rotation of the hatch pattern.

To change the properties of a tool, right-click it and select Properties. The Tool Properties dialog box appears. This dialog contains the following categories of properties:

■ Command. Controls the display of tool submenus and command line.

■ table. Controls the style of the table, the number of rows and columns, and the direction of flow.

■ Insert properties, accession or sample. Properties related to object control, such as scale, rotation, and angle.

■ General properties. Overrides the current settings related to drawing properties, such as layer, color, and linetype.

You can collapse and expand property categories by clicking on the arrow buttons.

Setting a different icon for a tool

You can replace the tool icon with a user-specified image. This is useful when the auto-generated icon is too complex to be easily identified.

To replace an image, right-click a tool on the toolbar and choose Pick Image.

To restore the default image of a tool, right-click the tool and choose Delete Specified Image.

Updating tool icons

Palette tool icons created from blocks, xrefs, or bitmaps do not automatically update when their descriptions change. If you change the definition of a block, xref, or bitmap, you can update the icon by right-clicking a tool in the palette and clicking Update Tool Image. Before updating the image of the tool, the drawing must be saved.

Another way is to remove the tool and then replace it using the DesignCenter ™ module.

Tool property overrides

In some cases, it may be necessary to assign specific property overrides to a tool. For example, it may be necessary to automatically place hatches on a specific layer, regardless of which layer is current. This feature can help you save time and reduce errors.

You can override any property using the Tool Properties dialog box.

Overriding layer properties can affect color, linetype, lineweight, plot style, and transparency. Overriding layer properties is done as follows:

■ If the layer is not in the drawing, it is automatically created.

■ If a layer is turned off or frozen, then it is temporarily turned on or thawed.

Changing the property of a tool on the palette

1 On the toolbar, right-click the tool. Select Properties.

2 In the Tool Properties dialog box, select a property from the list and set a new value.

■ Properties listed under the Insert, Attach, or Pattern category define object-specific properties such as scale, rotation, and angle.

■ Properties listed in the General category override the settings for the current drawing properties such as layer, color, and linetype.

■ When using a tool, the subscale for a block or hatch tool overrides the normal scale value. (At the minor scale, the value of the current scale setting is multiplied by the drawing scale or dimension scale.)

You can resize the dialog box with the mouse, or collapse and expand property categories by clicking on the double arrows next to their names.

3 Click OK.

NOTE If you set an icon image, name and description for a tool that has a submenu, then they are displayed for each of the tools in the submenu. To restore the standard images of the icon, title and description, you should leave the corresponding ones blank.the text boxes of the Tool Properties dialog box.

Refreshing a block tool on a tool palette

1 On the toolbar, right-click the tool.

2 Select Update Tool Image.

NOTE The drawing must be saved before updating the tool image.

Change the image of a tool on the palette

1 On the toolbar, right-click the tool. Select "Specify Image".

2 In the Select Image File dialog box, select the image file you want to use.

3 Click the "Open" button to assign a new image.

NOTE If you set an icon image for a tool that has a submenu, then it is displayed for each tool from the submenu.

Revert to the default image, name and description for the submenu tool

1 On the toolbar, right-click the tool. Select Properties.

2 In the Tool Properties dialog box, right-click in the image area. Select "Delete Specified Image".

3 Place the cursor in the Title field and delete the text.

4 Place your cursor in the Description field and delete the text.

5 Click OK.

NOTE Emptying the Icon, Title, and Description fields of the Tool Properties dialog box reverts to default values for the icon, title, and description.

Adapting tool palettes

There are several ways to add tools to the palette.

New tool palettes are created using the Properties button in the title bar of the tool palette window. To add tools to a tool palette, use the following methods.

■ Drag and drop any of the following drawing elements onto the palette: geometric objects (lines, circles, and polylines), dimensions, hatches, gradient fills, blocks, xrefs, bitmaps, tables.

■ Drag and drop drawings, blocks, and hatches from the Control Center. If you add an entire drawing to the palette, dragging it from the palette to the graphics area inserts it as a block.

■ Use the Customize dialog box to drag toolbar buttons to the tool palette.

■ Use the Customize User Interface editor to drag commands from the Command List pane onto a tool palette.

■ Copy and move tools from other palettes. To do this, use the context menu items "Cut", "Copy" and "Paste".

■ Manage tool palettes by creating new palettes from scratch, renaming, deleting or moving palettes using the context menu.

■ To create a palette populated with the provided tools, right-click a folder, drawing file, or block in the structure area of the Control Center, then choose New Tool Palette from the shortcut menu.

■ Each panel on the ribbon can have a custom tool palette group associated with it. Right-clicking a ribbon bar displays a list of available tool palette groups.

NOTE If the original drawing file, from which the tool is created in the form of a block, xref, or bitmap, is moved to another folder, you must change the parameters of the tool that refers to it. To do this, right-click on the tool and specify a new path to the source file folder in the Tool Properties window.

Rearranging tools and tool palettes

After the tools are placed on the tool palette, you can reorder them. To do this, drag them to the desired positions or sort them. You can also add text and separator lines to tool palettes.

Any tool palette can be moved up or down in a sequence of tabs using the shortcut menu or the Customize dialog box. You can delete tool palettes that are no longer needed. Deleted tool palettes are easily restored if they were exported to a file before being deleted. The search path for tool palettes is specified on the Files tab of the Options dialog box. This path can also lead to a network source.

Read-only tool palettes

When the tool palette file is set to read-only, a padlock is highlighted in the lower corner of the palette. This means that only changes are allowed that are limited to setting display options and reordering tool icons.

To assign a tool palette read-only attribute, right-click a tool palette (ATC) file located in one of the following folders.

■ Windows XP: <диск>: \ Documents and Settings \<имя пользователя>\ Application Data \ Autodesk \ AutoCAD LT 2012 \<версия>\<язык>

■ Windows Vista or Windows 7: <диск>: \ Users \<имя пользователя>\ AppData \ Roaming \ Autodesk \ AutoCAD LT 2012 \<версия>\<язык>\ Support \ ToolPalette \ Palettes

Select Properties from the context menu. On the General tab, select Read Only and click OK.

Create a tool palette

2 At the top of the Tool Palettes title bar, click the Properties button. Select "New Palette".

3 In the text box provided, enter a name for the new palette.

Link a Tool Palette Group to a Ribbon Panel

1 Select the following: View tab ➤ Palettes panel ➤ Tool Palettes.

2 Right-click a tab on the ribbon and choose Tool Palette Group from the shortcut menu.

3 Select a tool palette group from the list.

4 Click Tools menu ➤ Workspaces ➤ Save Current As.

Display a tool palette group associated with a ribbon panel

■ Right-click a ribbon bar and choose Show Associated Tool Palette Group from the shortcut menu.

Adding Text to a Tool Palette

1 Right-click in an empty area of the tool palettes window. Select "Add Text".

2 In the text box, paste the text that you want to appear in the window.

3 If necessary, drag the text to the appropriate position in the window.

Add a dividing line to a tool palette

1 Right-click in an empty area of the tool palettes window. Select "Add Separator".

2 If necessary, drag the separator to the appropriate position in the window.

Organizing tool palettes

Arrange tool palettes into groups and control the display of groups.

For example, if you have multiple tool palettes with hatch patterns, use ADAPTATION to create a new Hatch Pattern group. Then add all the hatch pattern tool palettes to the Hatch Pattern group.

When a hatch pattern group is set as the current one, the Tool Palettes window displays only the tool palettes that belong to that group.

Location of tool palettes and their groups

The path to the files of tool palettes by default is specified by the "Folders with files of tool palettes" item on the "Files" tab of the "Options" dialog box. Tool palettes can be stored in multiple locations, allowing you to use user-created and company-specific palettes.

Tool palette groups are saved in the user preferences for the application.

For information on sharing tool palettes and tool palettes and their groups, see Saving and sharing tool palettes and their groups.

Create a tool palette group

1 Click Manage tab ➤ Customize panel ➤ Tool Palettes.

2 In the Customize dialog box, under Palette Groups, right-click in the lower blank area. Select "New Group".

NOTE If there are no groups in the Palette Groups list yet, you can also create a group by dragging a tool palette from the Palettes area to the Palette Groups list.

3 Enter a name for the group.

4 Click the Close button.

Add a tool palette to a palette group

1 Click Manage tab ➤ Customize panel ➤ Tool Palettes.

2 In the Customize dialog box, drag a tool palette from the Palettes area to the group located in the Palette Groups area.

3 Click the Close button.

Copying a tool palette from one group to another

1 Click Manage tab ➤ Customize panel ➤ Tool Palettes.

2 In the Customize dialog box, Palette Groups, select the tool palette you want to copy.

3 Press and hold CTRL and drag the selected palette to another group.

A copy of the tool palette appears in a new location.

4 Click the Close button.

Displaying a group of tool palettes on the screen

1 Right-click the title bar of the Tool Palettes window.

2 Select the name of the tool palette group you want to display.

Displaying all tool palettes on the screen

■ Right-click the title bar of the Tool Palettes window. Select All Palettes.

Deleting a Tool Palette Group

1 Click Manage tab ➤ Customize panel ➤ Tool Palettes.

2 In the Customize dialog box, click the Tool Palettes - All Palettes tab. In the Palette Groups list, right-click the palette group name. Click the "Delete" button.

3 Click the Close button.

Saving and Sharing Tool Palettes and Tool Palettes and Groups

Exporting and importing tool palette group files (XTP) and tool palette group files (XPG) makes them available to others.

NOTE Read-only tool palette files are marked with a lock icon located in the lower corner of the tool palette. This means that only changes are allowed that are limited to setting display options and reordering tool icons.

Exporting tool palettes and their groups

In some cases, when you export a customized tool palette in the same location as the XTP file, a folder with images is automatically created with the same name as the exported tool palette. The images folder contains the icon images used by the exported tool palette. Such a folder is created if you export a tool palette containing any of the following items:

■ user-created content tools;

■ command tools that contain custom tool palette icons (images).

A WARNING Avoid copying tool palette (ATC) files between versions. This can lead to potential portability issues when porting to future versions of the product. For more information, see Migrate Custom Settings Onboarding Guides.

Importing tool palettes and their groups

When importing tool palettes and tool palettes, you must import all tool palettes first. After all tool palettes have been imported, you can import the exported tool palette groups.

For the imported toolbar to have icons, when importing a customized toolbar, the images folder must be in the same location as the imported XTP file.

Tool palettes can only be used in the AutoCAD LT version in which they were created. In particular, in AutoCAD 2005 it is not possible to work with a tool palette created in AutoCAD LT 2012. You can migrate tool palettes from previous versions to the current version of the program using Migrate Custom Settings.

A WARNING If tool palettes are used with another user who does not have the same AutoCAD product or version in which they were created, the tools may not work properly or be available.

To Export a Tool Palette or Tool Palette Group

1 Click Manage tab ➤ Customize panel ➤ Tool Palettes.

■ Exportinstrumentalpalette. Under Palettes, right-click a tool palette. Click the Export button.

■ Export the tool palette group. In the Palette Groups area, right-click a tool palette group. Click the Export or Export All button to export all tool palette groups.

3 In the Export dialog box<element> "specify a name and location for the file. Click the Save button.

4 Click the Close button.

Importing a tool palette or tool palette group

1 Click Manage tab ➤ Customize panel ➤ Tool Palettes.

2 In the Customize dialog box, do one of the following:

■ Importinstrumentalpalette. Under Palettes, right-click and select Import.

■ Import the tool palette group. In the Palette Groups area, right-click any tool palette group or an empty area and click Import.

3 In the Import dialog box<element> "select the file you want to import. Click" Open. "

4 Click the Close button.

Tool palettes are a very handy tool for placing commonly used common components. For example, blocks.

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Also, you can put frequently used commands on the palette:

To turn on palettes, use the button Tool palettes from the group Palettes bookmarks View:

Also palettes can be called using the keyboard shortcut
Ctrl + 3 .

Creation of corporate tool palettes

To create a palette, we will perform a series of actions

	Create a custom user profile for creating tool palettes. To do this, go to the AutoCAD settings dialog. Right-click on the AutoCAD command line and select the command Customization.
	On a bookmark Profiles press the button Add and enter a name for the profile. For example Profile for creating palettes. Click the button Accept.
	Make this profile current. To do this, select Profile for creating palettes and press the button Install.
	Now go to bookmark Files, select an item. Delete using the button Delete existing path. Now press the button Overview and specify the path to the folder . Click on OK and close the window.
	Window Tool palettes will take the form as in the picture, because AutoCAD cannot find palettes in the user folder - it is empty for now.
	Now let's create 3 palettes. The first has already been created. Click on the shortcut New Palette right mouse button and select Rename... Name Stamp Blocks.
	Right-click on the palette tab again and select Create palette... Enter the name of the second palette - Working blocks... In the same way, create the third palette - Commands.
	The result in the figure
	Now let's move on to filling the palettes. To do this, open the file T: \ Test drive settings \ ToolPalettes \ Files blocks for test drive. dwg .
	The first way to add a block to the palette is to drag it directly from the drawing onto the palette. Select the frame block (this is the top block) from the Palette # 1 group and drag it onto the palette Stamp Blocks. The result is in the figure.
	The second way is to drag and drop from the Control Center. Turn on Control center ( Ctrl + 2), go to the bookmark Open Drawings, expand the file structure and go to Blocks... Select a block Stamp Archival and approvals... Drag it to the palette. You can drag a group of blocks at once, having previously selected several blocks, holding down the key Shift or Ctrl(as in Explorer).
	Finally, it is possible on the basis of the selected, or all blocks of the drawing in Control Center make a new palette right away. To do this, select the required blocks. If you want to add everything, then don't select anything. After that, on a free field in the window with a list of blocks, right-click and select Create tool palette.
	Transfer all blocks with stamps to the palette Stamp Blocks, and Elevation and Pile - to the palette Working blocks.
	You can also add separators and explanatory text to the created palette. To do this, in the required place of the palette, right-click and select Add text or Add separator.
	You can also change and customize the general appearance of the icons on the palette. To do this, right-click on the palette tab and select Display options.
	Now fill the palette Commands frequently used AutoCAD commands. To do this, go to the palette Commands and right-click on the toolbar title bar. In the window that appears, select Team adaptation.
	Now in dialogue User interface adaptation find the commands you are interested in and drag them onto the palette.
	Format palette, split into groups, sign
	Now go with Windows Explorer to the folder T: \ Test Drive Settings \ ToolPalettes . You may notice that palette files have appeared in the folder.

Palette files are created by experienced users. In a real enterprise, these files on the server after creation are recommended to be protected by means operating system from unauthorized changes.

Connecting corporate tool palettes to user workstations

Since the local computer on which the test drive is being carried out is not an enterprise network, we will use a number of conventions to demonstrate the process of setting up user workstations to work with corporate palettes.
First, the drive
T: in the test drive, it is the server's network folder mapped by a disk, as agreed.
Secondly, we created and configured the palettes in the profile we created. Profile for creating palettes... Thus, if we switch to the original profile-palette, we will have to re-configure. Thus, we will demonstrate the customization of palettes at the user's workplace.

	Go to the AutoCAD settings dialog, select the tab Profiles, select the source profile, click the button Install. Click on OK.
	The palettes have returned to their original, unconfigured view.
	Return to the settings dialog, open the tab Files, select a group Tool palette file folders. However, now we will not delete the paths to the palettes supplied with AutoCAD, since the user may need them. Click the button Add and an empty string will appear. Then press Overview and specify the path to the folder with the previously created corporate palettes: T: \ Test Drive Settings \ ToolPalettes... The result is in the figure. Click the button OK and close the dialog.
	Right-click in the header of the Tool Palettes and select Adapting palettes.
	In the window that appears Adaptation in the right half of the window, in the Palette group, click anywhere with the right mouse button and select the command A new group.
	Give a name new group Custom palettes and move to a level with all other groups
	In the left half of the window, in Palettes, find the previously created palettes that were found by AutoCAD in the folder T: \ Test Drive Settings \ ToolPalettes, and drag them into the created Custom Palettes palette group. Click on Close.
	Right-click in the header Tool Palettes and from the list of palette groups select Custom palettes.
	The screen shows the previously created palettes, but already configured at the user's workplace.

Despite the fact that AutoCAD is a fairly functional program, and very complex models are developed in it, you still have to perform many routine operations when working. For example, when working with a drawing of a building, every time you have to draw the same blocks - plumbing, doors, windows, etc. It would be more convenient to save them and place them on the drawing with a simple drag and drop. And there is such a function - tool palettes are used for this.

By default, they appear in the workspace when you first start AutoCAD, but many simply close them so as not to interfere.

Tool palettes are a multi-tabbed window that contains a variety of tools and functions. The beauty is that all these functions can be simply dragged from tabs to the working window and vice versa. All tabs can be edited, deleted or added, new items can be saved in them. For example, you can save a drawing of a part in the panel and then simply drag it to the right place in another project.

Our free video tutorial shows you how to use tool palettes and how you can benefit from it.

A tool palette of dynamic camera blocks with viewing angles and translucent filling of areas of spatial resolution has been created according to the criteria adopted in the recommendations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs R 78.36.008 - 99 (Identification, Recognition, Detection) for AutoCAD CAD by Autodesk.

The Dynamic Blocks Tool Palette is a standard AutoCAD tool for conveniently storing and using AutoCAD dynamic blocks. In this case, it is a set of dynamic blocks for all CCTV cameras of the Bolid brand, which allows AutoCAD to implement camera view areas, taking into account the spatial resolution (pixel density), lens focal length and matrix size.

The tool palette of dynamic CAD blocks AutoCAD by Autodesk allows you to automate a number of routine operations of the designer of video surveillance systems, including justifying the number of video cameras and their type according to the criteria adopted in the recommendations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs R 78.36.008 - 99 (Identification, Recognition, Detection)

CAD AutoCAD by Autodesk is the standard software for design and working documentation. A poll on our website showed that almost 83% of designers use CAD data. With the camera block tool palette, you get free program for designing video surveillance on Bolid equipment.

In order to load the AutoCAD tool palette, you need to download the zip-archive from the Bolid website, start AutoCAD. Next, you need to open the "Window of tool palettes" AutoCAD with the keyboard shortcut "Ctrl + 3" or through "Tools - Palettes - Tool palettes". Right-click (RMB) on an empty space in the "Tool palettes" window, select "Adapt palettes" from the drop-down menu, in the "Adaptation" window on the left, right-click and select "Import ..." in the drop-down menu. Next, you need to select the downloaded file Bolid-autocad-ver.001.xtp. Now in the "Adaptation" window on the left find the "Bolid Cameras" palette and drag it into the "Palette Group" you are using, click "Close".

As you know, AutoCAD has default blocksets that developers have inserted as an example. They are located on the tool palette located on the View tab → Palettes panel ().

We also previously discussed with you what is block library for AutoCAD and how to create your own collection of frequently used items.

In this article, we will touch upon a current topic related to the export / import of tool palettes. Let me remind you that the AutoCAD tool palette has undeniable advantage: objects added to it do not disappear after closing the drawing. Your own palettes will open even in new files. That is why the adaptation of AutoCAD can significantly simplify and speed up the process of creating drawings.

AutoCAD palettes can be exported for use on another computer or as a backup. The export results in an XML file with the * xtp extension. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's go in order.

How to export a tool palette

To export a palette you need:

1. Open the tool palette itself (Ctrl + 3).

2. Right-click on an empty spot and select "Customize Palettes ...". Open the Customize dialog box.

3. Highlight the desired palette that you want to export tools and press RMB -> Export.

4. Specify the location to save the file. AutoCAD will automatically create a folder with the same name to store the image files used in the palette.

How to import (paste) a tool palette

This process is similar. Except that in the Customize Dialog Box, right-click on the left and select Import, as shown in Fig.

You will be prompted to specify a file with the xtp extension. Select the desired file and your palettes are loaded into the AutoCAD Tool Palette.

Note. By default, AutoCAD tool palettes are located in C: Documents and Settings% username% Application Data Autodesk AutoCAD 2007R17.0enu

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Creating and working with tools from objects

Inserting blocks and links

Updating block definitions in dashboards

To open a block on the block editor tool palette

Add or remove submenus

Tool submenu adaptation

Request for rotation angle when inserting a block or xref from the design bar

Creating and using command tools

Creation of a command tool based on a toolbar button.

Create a command tool from the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor window

Create a command tool that executes a custom command sequence (optional)

Using a command tool

Change tool palette settings

See also:

Change the transparency of the tool palettes window

Change the display style of icons in the Tool Palettes window

Setting a different icon for a tool

Updating tool icons

Tool property overrides

Changing the property of a tool on the palette

Refreshing a block tool on a tool palette

Change the image of a tool on the palette

Revert to the default image, name and description for the submenu tool

Adapting tool palettes

Rearranging tools and tool palettes

Read-only tool palettes

Create a tool palette

Link a Tool Palette Group to a Ribbon Panel

Display a tool palette group associated with a ribbon panel

Adding Text to a Tool Palette

Add a dividing line to a tool palette

Organizing tool palettes

Location of tool palettes and their groups

Create a tool palette group

Add a tool palette to a palette group

Copying a tool palette from one group to another

Displaying a group of tool palettes on the screen

Displaying all tool palettes on the screen

Deleting a Tool Palette Group

Saving and Sharing Tool Palettes and Tool Palettes and Groups

Exporting tool palettes and their groups

Importing tool palettes and their groups

To Export a Tool Palette or Tool Palette Group

Importing a tool palette or tool palette group

Creation of corporate tool palettes

Connecting corporate tool palettes to user workstations

How to export a tool palette

How to import (paste) a tool palette