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Creating a Zone Tool
Use this procedure to create a zone tool and add it to a tool palette. You may
want to create your own zone tools if you are placing multiple zones with
specific properties that you want to be the same for each instance.
For example, if you are creating an office floor plan with different calculation
types for zones, you can create a zone tool for each calculation type.
1 Open the tool palette where you want to create a tool.
2 Create the tool:
Then…If you want to…
select the zone, and drag it to the
tool palette.
create a tool from a zone in the
drawing
click Manage tab ➤ Style & Display
panel ➤ Style Manager . Locate
create a tool from an zone style in
the Style Manager
the style you want to copy, and
drag it to the tool palette. Click OK
to close the Style Manager.
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.
click Home tab ➤ Build pan-
el ➤ Tools drop-down ➤ Content
copy a tool from a tool catalog
Browser , and locate the tool
you want to copy. Position the
cursor over the i-drop handle, and
drag the tool to the tool palette.
3 Right-click the new zone tool, and click Properties.
4 Enter a name for the tool.
5 Click the setting for Description, enter a description of the tool,
and click OK.
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