Combining Objects into Blocks - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 360

2. If palettes aren't already visible in the drawing area, click the Tool
Palettes button, found on the View tab ➢ Palettes panel, to display
the palettes (see Figure 7.59).
You can also open the tool palettes from the menu bar by clicking
Tools ➢ Palettes ➢ Tool Palettes, or by using the Ctrl+3 shortcut
keys. Like the DesignCenter palette, Tool palettes can be floating or
docked on either side of the drawing area, and the navigation bar can
be on the left or right side.
Your palettes might appear different from those shown in a couple of
ways. The ones shown here are positioned on the right side but aren't
docked there. Yours might be transparent, showing your drawing
beneath them, or your palettes might be hidden and show only the title
bar. In Figure 7.59, several tabs are on the right side of the palette area,
indicating the available palettes. On its left side is the palette title bar
with control icons at the top and bottom.
FiGuRE 7.59 The tool palettes displayed on the screen
On each palette is its content. The Hatches sample palette has hatch
patterns and fills (discussed in Chapter 11, “Working with Hatches,
Gradients, and Tool Palettes”), and the Draw and Modify palettes con-
tain commands from the Draw and Modify toolbars, respectively.
3. Click the Architectural tab to display its content on the palette. Its
tab might be abbreviated to read “Archit…,” but pausing the cursor
over the tab displays a tooltip showing the entire tab name.
Notice the scroll bar next to the title bar (see Figure 7.60). This
appears when there is more content than the palette can show.
Blocks that are shown with a lightning bolt symbol as part of the
icon are dynamic blocks.
4. Move the cursor to the title bar. Right-click, and choose Transparency
from the context menu to open the Transparency dialog box (see
Figure 7.61).