I'll explain further below.įirst, complete any current updates to your existing Tool Palettes. To clarify, this level of rebuild is not 'starting from scratch' but rather taking the existing content (exporting) and then (importing) into the network location - creating brand new Tool Palette files. The solution is very simple and takes very little time to complete. Each of the identified issues mentioned above can be resolved individually, not necessarily requiring a complete rebuild, however as a 'good practice' I would advise that it may be beneficial to restructure your Tool Palettes to provide a fresh start (new files) void of clutter and redundant data after multiple updates, versions of AutoCAD, etc. The majority of these palettes were originally created 5+ years ago.Īs a disclaimer, this is one way that I have found as a CAD Manager to resolve multiple Tool Palette issues all in a single workflow. Perhaps the Tool Palettes where originally created many years ago, in a legacy version of AutoCAD which you have upgraded from multiple times.Ĭurrently we have 10 unique Tool Palette sets, all with multiple palettes assigned to each set totaling well over 100 unique palettes. "There are several solutions to the above challenges of which many are very simple to resolve (only a few steps) or you can resolve them all (generally) with a Tool Palette Rebuild."Īfter years of creating, modifying and managing a corporate Tool Palette set, you can imagine that several issues may arise due to constant updates or additions to content, modifications to existing items, or by the lifespan of the palettes themselves.
What about buttons that are not in the correct order as intended, even though you specifically positioned buttons to be in a chronological or prescriptive order (top - down)?Įver experience a corrupted Tool Palette where upon save to the network (after updating) a crash occurs which most likely causes undesirable or incomplete results, costing you a ton of rework to fix the problem. Have you experienced that after adding a new Tool Palette to your existing corporate Tool Palette set - it does not show up for your staff? Have you experienced an issue where your network Tool Palettes contain multiple ATC files (Tool Palette Catalogs) for no apparent reason? What about dozens of redundant files, typically image files for button thumbnails after years of constant updates?