Making your frequently accessed tools and commands readily available
Standard tool palette with the Transparency option enabled
Properties
Transparency
View Options
Tool Options
Command Tools
Tools created from a command and can be placed on the tool palette
Add Command Tools:
- Geometry in the current drawing - drag any object other than a block, external reference (xref ), image, hatch, or gradient from the current drawing to create a command tool based on that object
- Toolbar Buttons - open the Customize dialog box and drag the custom buttons from your existing toolbars onto a tool palette
Customize Dialog box
Flyout Tools
Drag an object which can be created in a number of ways onto a tool palette, the command tool is created as a tool flyout
Tool flyouts are created for the draw commands Line, Arc, Circle, Ellipse, Polyline, Ray, Spline, and Xline
Flyout Tool Properties
Tool - Right-click - Properties
Use flyout: Yes
Flyout options: [...]
Content Tools
Predefined content including hatches, blocks, xrefs, images, and gradients
Add Content Tools:
- Geometry in the current drawing - Dragging hatch patterns, blocks, xrefs, images, or gradient objects from the current drawing
- Microsoft Windows Explorer - Dragging existing drawing and image files by using Microsoft Windows Explorer
- DesignCenter - Dragging existing hatch, block, xref, and image content using the DesignCenter
Create custom content tools for each block from DesignCenter to Tool Palettes
Drawing - Right-click - Create Tool Palettes
Properties
Additional properties vary depending on the type of tool
Block and xref tools include an Insert section for properties such as scale and rotation
Hatch and gradient tools include a Pattern section for properties such as pattern name, angle, and scale
Auxiliary Scale Property
Set Auxiliary Scale to DIMSCALE or Plot Scale, the hatch or block automatically scale using the current value
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