The Tool Palette is a powerful tool for adding specialized objects to your drawing.  It is always available and is easily customized for your use.  You can have as many collections of tool palettes as you wish and you can open and close them with ease.  You can only have one tool palette collection open at a time.

Getting Started

1. Add New Tool Palette File Location
   1. From Options Select File Path Locations
   2. Expand Tool Palette File Path
   3. Select Add
   4. Browse to the folder you wish to add
   5. Select Ok
2. Create New Tool Palette Collection
   1. Click in the Properties icon at the bottom of the Tool Palette Spine
   2. Select Customize Palettes
   3. Right click in Palette Groups
   4. Select New Group
   5. Type the name of the Group
3. Add Tool Palettes to a Tool Palette Group
   1. Click in the Properties icon at the bottom of the Tool Palette Spine
   2. Select Customize Palettes
   3. Drag and drop tool palettes from the left window into your group on the right
4. Export/Import Tool Palette Group
   1. Right click on your tool palette group
   2. Select Export/Import
   3. Browse to the file location
   4. Select Filename (filename.xpg)
   5. Select OK
5. Switch Tool Palette Collection - Any tool palette collection which contains tool palettes is listed at the bottom of your tool palette properties menu
   1. Click in the Properties icon at the bottom of the Tool Palette Spine
   2. Click on the collection in the list at the bottom
6. Lock/Unlock Tool Palette
   1. In Windows Explorer Browse to the file location
   2. Right click on filename
   3. Select Properties
   4. Check/Uncheck Read Only
7. Create New Tool Palette
   1. There are two methods to create tool palettes
      1. In your current tool palette collection
         1. Right Click
         2. Select New Tool Palette
         3. Type its name
      2. In Tool Palettes Customization Window
         1. Right Click on the left
         2. Select New Palette
         3. Type its name
         4. Add it to a group (3 above) by dragging and dropping it to the group folder

Handy Tips

1. Tool Palette for frequently used hatches/blocks
   1. Put Hatch Pattern/Block on Tool Palette
      1. Create new tool palette
         1. Right click in tool palette
         2. Select New Tool Palette
         3. Name it Hatches
      2. Highlight the hatch/block you wish to use over again
         1. Copy
         2. Right click
         3. Select Clipboard
         4. Select Copy
      3. Paste to tool palette
         1. Move cursor to tool palette
         2. Right Click
         3. Select Paste
   2. Place Hatch Pattern/Block in your dwg
      1. Click on hatch pattern/block in tool palette
      2. Click in the place you want the hatch/block
2. Update Block from Tool Palette - If you define a block and then add it to your tool palette, then you can edit the original block definition in the block editor. For instance, you could create a block for your project data and your site data. 
   1. Right click on block in tool palette
   2. Select Redefine Block
   3. For dynamic blocks which have been grip-edited
      1. Command Line type RESETBLOCK
      2. Type Enter
      3. Re-grip block to your settings.