There is a more complicated trick for switch tool palette folders, but that involves macros, so we will have to address that in a later post. So, to get other user’s to be able to view the new palette, right-click on the palette bar, select All palettes.Īnd then they can select the palette to use: What I mean by transferrable is that even though you create a group for a palette, the other users aren’t able to share that group. One of the downsides of tool palettes is that groups aren’t transferrable.
However, put the network folder below the user folder, so they create their own palettes on their own computer. The procedure is the same as we used to add the path to our profile. To allow others to use our tool palettes, we need to add the network path to their profile. While we have put the tool palettes up on the network, added our content, and set the permissions to read-only, other users still can’t access them from AutoCAD. The nice thing about read-only palettes is that the user can tell which palette is read-only by a little lock symbol. I’d use this if you are more concerned about preventing accidental edits than user access. This method is less secure, since anyone with permission can uncheck the read-only box.
Because deny permissions take precedence, users will be able to read the files, but not write or change them.Ī simpler method would be to right-click on the folder, select properties and check the read-only box. Any non-admin CAD user should be a member of the CAD user group. If you have IT people or are familiar with folder permissions, create a cad user group and deny write privileges to the tool palette folder. Making the folder read-only can be accomplished in a couple ways. To prevent unauthorized access, make the folder containing the tool palettes read-only to non-admin users. Make sure that the palette you want the symbol on is current.īecause tool palettes can represent a tremendous amount of work, they should be protected from the general users. To add P&ID content, open your project setup, navigate to the symbol you want to add, and click Add to Tool palette. As long as user’s use the tool palette, the layer will get created and the color will be set as needed. I’ve create a new palette named ACME which will allows users to draw items on the ACME layer. So here’s what the changes look like on my computer.īecause AutoCAD uses the top path as the editing directory, any changes we make will be saved to the network location. The first we will do is modify our options to include the path to the network at the top entry.
Now that we have our palettes accessible, we need to modify them to include necessary content. If you cannot see the AppData folder, go to Organize > Folder and search options > View and Enable Show hidden files, folders, and drives.Ĭopy the files in the folder, and paste them at your preferred network location.
#HOW TO OPEN TOOL PALETTE IN AUTOCAD WINDOWS#
Open the folder at the specified path in Windows explorer. Go to Options > Files > Tool Palette File Locations. Tool palette locations are defined in the AutoCAD profile.