User Manual - Page 2735

For AUTOCAD 2011.

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Creating a Layout Curve Tool
Use this procedure to create a layout curve tool and add it to a tool palette.
You may want to create your own layout curve tools if you are placing multiple
layout curves of a specific style and they all have the same properties.
1 Open the tool palette where you want to add the tool.
2 Create the tool:
Then…If you want to…
select the object, and drag it to the
tool palette.
create a tool from a layout curve in
the drawing
right-click the tool, and click Copy.
Right-click, and click Paste.
copy a tool in the current tool
palette
open the other tool palette, right-
click the tool, and click Copy. Re-
copy a tool from another tool
palette
open the palette where you want
to add the tool, right-click, and click
Paste.
open the Content Browser, and
locate the tool you want to copy.
copy a tool from the Content
Browser
Position the cursor over the i-drop
handle, and drag the tool to the
tool palette.
3 Right-click the new tool, and click Properties.
4 For Name, enter the name you want displayed for this tool’s
tooltip. This name will also be displayed with the tool if it is
published to a catalog in the Content Browser.
5 For Description, click in the text box, and then enter the
description you want displayed for this tool’s tooltip. This
description will also be displayed with the tool if it is published
to a catalog in the Content Browser.
6 Expand Basic, and expand General.
7 Under General, click the Description text box, enter a description
of the tool, and click OK.
8 For Layer key, click the text box, select a layer key, and click OK.
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