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© 2011 Autodesk Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed! Matt Murphy Director of Content Management and Development 4D Technologies – www.CADLearning.com
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Page 1: © 2011 Autodesk Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed! Matt Murphy Director of Content Management and Development.

© 2011 Autodesk

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!Matt MurphyDirector of Content Management and Development

4D Technologies – www.CADLearning.com

Page 2: © 2011 Autodesk Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed! Matt Murphy Director of Content Management and Development.

© 2011 Autodesk

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!

Course Agenda

The What and Why of Tool Palettes Understanding Tool Palettes Working with Tool Palettes Making Palatable Tools The Power of Content Sharing your Tools Controlling Palette Roll-up Speed

Page 3: © 2011 Autodesk Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed! Matt Murphy Director of Content Management and Development.

© 2011 Autodesk

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!

Housekeeping

Polling Questions Your Questions Please set off or vibrate mode your

Blackberries Blueberries Strawberries Raspberries

Page 4: © 2011 Autodesk Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed! Matt Murphy Director of Content Management and Development.

© 2011 Autodesk

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!

Introduction to Tool Palettes What are Tool Palettes?

They are the easiest way to gain productivity by: Inserting blocks and hatch patterns All types of AutoCAD content Creating content tools from multiple sources Organizing your tools in groups or drive folders Sharing your tools with others

Page 5: © 2011 Autodesk Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed! Matt Murphy Director of Content Management and Development.

© 2011 Autodesk

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!

Introduction to Tool Palettes Why use Tool Palettes?

They are the easiest way to customize AutoCAD They can float, be docked, hidden or anchored They will make you more productive by:

Gaining real estate Greater organization Maintaining standards Need fewer clicks and picks

Page 6: © 2011 Autodesk Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed! Matt Murphy Director of Content Management and Development.

© 2011 Autodesk

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!

The properties of the Tool Palette Window Right-click everywhere!

Understanding Tool Palettes

Page 7: © 2011 Autodesk Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed! Matt Murphy Director of Content Management and Development.

© 2011 Autodesk

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!

Loading the Tool Palette Interface Modifying an Existing Tool Copying an Existing Tool Moving a Tool Changing the Look

Working with Tool Palettes

Page 8: © 2011 Autodesk Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed! Matt Murphy Director of Content Management and Development.

© 2011 Autodesk

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!

What type of tools can I put on Tool Palettes? Block Tool Hatch Tool Fly-out Tool Command Tool Content Tool Table Tool

Making Palatable Tools

Page 9: © 2011 Autodesk Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed! Matt Murphy Director of Content Management and Development.

© 2011 Autodesk

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!

The Power of Content Good content is everywhere – use it!

Drag-n-drop DesignCenter (ADC) Windows Explorer Internet Explorer

Page 10: © 2011 Autodesk Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed! Matt Murphy Director of Content Management and Development.

© 2011 Autodesk

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!

Sharing Your Tools Organizing your tools

Tool Palette folders Environment variable _TOOLPALETTEPATH Importing and exporting Tool Palettes (but not groups) Sharing your tools

Enterprise Palettes Lock and protecting your content Maintaining order

Page 11: © 2011 Autodesk Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed! Matt Murphy Director of Content Management and Development.

© 2011 Autodesk

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!

Controlling Palette Roll-up Speed Editing the Profile.aws

PaletteRollout PaletteRollup PaletteHoldopen

Set Delay time in milliseconds Do not add spaces within the settings Spaces and returns do not affect the fixed profile syntax

Backup your original Profile.awsLocated in:C:\Documents and Settings\”user login name”\ Application Data\Autodesk\

AutoCAD 201x\ R18.0\enu\Support\Profiles\”running profile folder”

Page 12: © 2011 Autodesk Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed! Matt Murphy Director of Content Management and Development.

© 2011 Autodesk

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!

Managing Your Standards and Reusable Content with AutoCAD Tool Palettes – Revealed!

How to reach me:

[email protected]

FREE TRAINING MATERIALS:http://cadlearning.com/aupromoCoupon Code: AUCERT2011

Thanks for attending my session and participating!

Please complete the course evaluation.

Good luck on your path to improved productivity!

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© 2011 Autodesk

Autodesk, AutoCAD* [*if/when mentioned in the pertinent material, followed by an alphabetical list of all other trademarks mentioned in the material] are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2011 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.


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