Working with Hatches, Gradients, and Tool Palettes - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 584

NOTE tool palette tools like blocks are dynamically linked back to the
source DWG file. In this example, the five blocks you added to the Cabin Blocks
tool palette are now available to any drawing, provided the 11A-FPLAY3.dwg
file still exists in its original location. Moving or deleting the drawing will
break the link, consequently breaking the tool palette tool as well.
10. Place the cursor on A-DOOR on the new palette, right-click, and then
select Properties to open the Tool Properties dialog box.
It displays information about A-DOOR and provides a means to
change many parameters (see Figure 11.29).
FiGuRE 11.29 The Tool Properties dialog box
11. Change the Description for the A-DOOR tool to “Use for 2 ′ , 2 ′ -6 ″ ,
3 ′ , and 3 ′ -6 ″ doors” so the tooltip will more accurately describe the
block's intended application (see Figure 11.29).
12. Close the Tool Properties dialog box, and then move your mouse over
the A-DOOR tool to display its description.
Setting up a Palette for Hatches
To create a palette for hatches, you'll create and name a new palette using the
same procedure as in the preceding section, but the hatches are assigned to
the palette in a different way:
1. Right-click a blank space on the Cabin Blocks palette, choose New
Palette, and then enter Cabin Hatches ↵ in the text box.